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.
Age verification (laws and regulations requiring platforms and websites to assure or estimate that a user seeking to use an…
from the whatever-happened-to-liberte? dept Even as the wider EU was grinding through a long, drawn-out process to figure out which…
Your location isn’t just a pin on a map—it can expose some of the most intimate details about your life.…
from the raiding-parties-everywhere dept Things used to be normal. We used to be doing alright here in the United States,…
from the protecting-kids-by-hurting-kids dept Back in June, Trump FCC boss Brendan Carr announced he’d be reviewing the FCC E-Rate program with an eye on…
from the buc-off dept This Buc-ee’s vs. the Beaver’s Mini-Mart is just not going to go away. While Buc-ee’s has…
A federal appeals court just made it harder for online services, big and small, to get lawsuits over user speech…
from the oh-no-techdirt’s-gone-slop dept Over in our Insider Chat, someone recently pointed out a tiered “REAL Rating” five-tier scale designed…
from the we-don’t-need-to-talk-about-the-sex-offender-in-chief dept MAGA, the GOP, and the Trump administration don’t really care about the victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s…
from the suddenly:-backbone dept After years of feckless capitulation, ABC is clearly developing something vaguely resembling a backbone. The company…
from the oh-no-communists dept Words used to mean things. The MAGA GOP strategy lately seems to be pulling a page…
from the taking-my-ball-and-going-home dept Paramount bosses Larry and David Ellison aren’t having much fun in the wake of a 12…