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 Europol and partners announced the disruption of the “SocksEscort” malicious proxy service and the freezing of $3.5 million…
Josh Blackman, Jonathan Adler, and I have all previously blogged (here, here, and here) about issues relating to the “stealth…
In brief Google built the largest-ever flash flood dataset by using Gemini to mine two decades of global news reports.…
from the ctrl-alt-speech dept Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and…
In brief A trader swapping $50 million in USDT for AAVE received only 324 tokens after confirming a slippage warning.…
Hours before President Donald Trump traveled to Dover Air Force Base on Saturday to pay his respects to six service…
In brief A new Ark Invest and Unchained report says quantum computing poses a long-term risk to Bitcoin, not an…
On the political right, the months since the death of conservative media superstar Charlie Kirk have been characterized by ever-escalating…
In brief TRUMP jumped as much as 10% in one hour after the team announced a new exclusive event for…
Wherever you look in American politics right now, you’ll find legislators saying the government still doesn’t tax enough—especially when it…
Last week, journalist Marisa Kabas of The Handbasket published a story that revealed what happened when Trump administration officials —…
In brief OP Labs, the core development team behind the Optimism network, is laying off 20 employees. The firm aims…