Freedom IndexMedia & Culture
Media & Culture explores how journalism, entertainment, and creative industries influence—and are influenced by—free speech. From press freedom to artistic expression, this category highlights the cultural impact of censorship and the ongoing struggle for open dialogue.
An excerpt from the long opinion in Computer & Comm. Industry Ass’n v. Paxton, decided Friday by Fifth Circuit Judges…
In brief U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted net outflows for a second straight day on Friday, reversing a seven-day inflow…
/27/1929: The Geneva Conventions are signed by United States. The Supreme Court would consider the Conventions in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006).…
In brief BitMart said Sunday it will wind down its trading platform after nine years, halting all trading on August…
A smoker landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City would have to pay $19 for a…
In brief Thailand’s SEC has filed a criminal complaint against crypto exchange Bitkub and two former directors over allegedly false…
In California, Sacramento officials are now inspecting residents’ garbage, recycling, and organic waste bins to make sure people are sorting…
Podcast Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to Debra Soh, author of ‘Sextinction: The Decline of Sex and the Future…
A review of Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence in America by Noah Rothman; 368 pages; Center Street…
Trump announces his “Liberation Day” tariffs. April 2025. (CNP/AdMedia/Newscom) I have previously written about how Trump’s new Section 301 tariffs…
I just learned about this Large Libel Models case from China (to add to the nine U.S. cases I’ve seen,…
In brief Thinking Machines Lab released Inkling on July 15—a 975-billion-parameter open-source model trained entirely from scratch. It’s the first…