Freedom IndexTech & Big Tech
Tech & Big Tech examines the influence of major technology companies and digital platforms on free speech. From content moderation and AI-driven policies to antitrust debates, this category uncovers how tech giants shape online expression and public discourse.
It’s nearly the end of 2025, and half of the US and the UK now require you to upload your…
from the enshittify-the-world dept All out of original ideas and facing market growth saturation, we’ve noted repeatedly how streaming companies…
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Here’s a test for infants: Show them a glass of water…
from the that-was-that dept Five Years Ago This week in 2020, Donald Trump got angry about a trend on Twitter…
from the tiny-little-coffins dept The fucking maniacs did it. We talked yesterday about how newborn vaccinations for hepatitis B were…
from the do-not-pass-go,-do-not-collect-$200 dept So Netflix has announced that it’s buying Warner Brothers Discovery (including HBO) for a whopping $82.7…
Leah Feiger: So it’s a really good question actually, and it’s one that I’ve thought about for quite some time.…
Innovation from the resonating-further dept Fri, Dec 5th 2025 01:30pm – Leigh Beadon Support us on Patreon » Earlier today, we…
from the stay-connected-to-reality dept A cofounder of a Bay Area “Stop AI” activist group abandoned its commitment to nonviolence, assaulted…
from the America-ain’t-your-Gitmo,-bro dept The Trump administration is so sure it can get away with anything that it’s willing to…
from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept Learn Raspberry Pi and start building Amazon Alexa projects with The Complete Raspberry Pi and Alexa…
from the i-hope-this-resonates-with-you dept Everyone’s pissed at the tech industry. And for good reason. The term enshittification is super popular…