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.
In brief Nous Research launched Hermes Desktop on June 2 as a native public preview app for macOS, Windows, and…
In the U.S., the average college professor who donates to political candidates is “only slightly less left on the political…
In the summer of 2014, my wife and I were forced to flee our hometown of Donetsk after it was…
In brief Tether is launching a new gold-backed stablecoin card in collaboration with Fasset that pays cashback rewards in digital…
from the j6ers-still-expect-to-get-paid dept There were some rumors earlier this week that, as it was facing a lot of pushback…
Yesterday, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Lighthiser v. Trump,…
In brief A new USC study found that every tested frontier AI model violated social-interaction safety guidelines more than 27%…
Some excerpts from today’s long opinion in LNU v. Blanche, decided by the Ninth Circuit by Judge Richard Paez, Carlos…
In brief The price of Cardano (ADA) fell to a more than five-year low on Wednesday as Bitcoin and other…
Blanche: “We are not moving forward with the Fund. Period” Rep. Meng: “Not moving forward ever?” Blanche: “Correct.” So there…
In brief Law professors preferred AI-generated contract law answers over those written by fellow professors about 75% of the time.…
Democrats criticized President Donald Trump for starting a war with Iran. Now some of them are criticizing him for trying…