Freedom IndexAI & Censorship
AI & Censorship examines how artificial intelligence shapes the boundaries of free expression. From algorithmic content moderation and shadow banning to debates over bias, surveillance, and digital rights, this category highlights the tension between innovation and control. Stay informed on how AI is being used to police, restrict, or protect speech—and what it means for the future of open dialogue online.
Protecting privacy and free speech online takes more than policy work—it takes community. Conferences like HOPE are where that community…
When people see Customs & Border Protection’s giant, tethered surveillance blimp flying 20 miles outside of Marfa, Texas, lots of…
Dr. Jean Linis-Dinco is an activist-researcher working at the intersection of human rights and technology. Born in the Philippines and…
War does not only reshape borders. It also reshapes what can be seen, said, and remembered. When governments invoke “misinformation”…
We go through this every couple of years: Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which of Americans’ communications…
Google moved up its estimated deadline for quantum preparedness in cryptography to 2029—only 33 months from now. That’s earlier than…
As long as people have had more than one purchasing option, they’ve been comparing those options and looking for bargains.…
After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly,…
On March 23, the FCC issued an update to their Covered List, a list of equipment banned from obtaining regulatory…
Another court has ruled that copyright can’t be used to keep our laws behind a paywall. The U.S. Court of…
Time and time again, we’ve seen police surveillance suffer from ‘mission creep’—technology sold as a way to prevent heinous crimes…
This is the third installment of a blog series reflecting on the global digital legacy of the 2011 Arab uprisings.…