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.
I’ve often used the term “social panic” to describe the unmarked-graves claims that swept through Canada in 2021. For reasons…
In brief Jack Mallers stepped down as CEO of Twenty One Capital, announcing his return to Bitcoin payments firm Strike—which…
For years, Justice Kagan was overtly critical of the Supreme Court’s approach to emergency applications. In written dissents and public…
In brief OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol and an unnamed, more capable pre-release model escaped a controlled test environment and breached Hugging…
From Evans v. Robertson, decided today by Judge Judith Levy (E.D. Mich.) (for the original on the Magistrate Judge’s September…
In brief Telegram founder Pavel Durov announced a native non-custodial Gram wallet is rolling out to all Telegram apps this…
from the put-on-the-hotdog-costume dept You may recall that at the end of last year and very beginning of this year…
I apologize for the light blogging of late. Well, light for me at least. Randy and I just submitted the…
In brief Google launched Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite today, with better efficiency and lower costs than 3.5 Flash—but…
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega announced on Sunday that the country will no longer hold elections, preventing the opposition from competing…
In brief Augustus raised $180 million at a $1 billion valuation, led by Tiger Global with backing from the founders…
from the flat-out-refusing-to-follow-the-law dept The Trump administration continues to pretend migrants don’t have due process rights. It does this despite…