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.
We live in an era of analog nostalgia. Today’s tech critics, both on the right and the left, worry that…
In brief Canada’s FINTRAC imposed a record C$176.9 million penalty on Cryptomus. Investigators found 2,593 AML breaches, including 7,557 unreported…
It remains genuinely astonishing that someone as obsessed with tariffs as President Donald Trump can also be so maddeningly ignorant…
In brief Investment bank Benchmark on Thursday raised the price target for Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining machine manufacturer Canaan. The company’s…
The Justice Department is bringing charges against more than 30 people in two different, but possibly related, alleged criminal schemes…
In brief President Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao on Thursday. Digital coins linked with both the president and Zhao…
from the ctrl-alt-speech dept Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and…
Tariffs on foreign imports have been a consistent theme of President Donald Trump’s terms in office; he even says tariff…
In brief The study found fragmented, untested plans for managing large-scale AI disruptions. RAND urged the creation of rapid AI…
After the attack on Israel of October 7, 2023, a new protest movement erupted on America’s campuses. Unlike the protests…
In brief Meteora debuted its token on Thursday, airdropping MET to users. The project says it worked to blacklist “malicious…
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