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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.
Back in the 2010s, a website called Let Me Google That For You gained a notable amount of popularity for…
More than 80 law enforcement agencies across the United States have used language perpetuating harmful stereotypes against Romani people when…
from the party-of-free-speech,-local-sheriff-edition dept We know there’s a concerted effort to punish anyone who dares to show anything but complete,…
The thing that gets me, and I’m really curious about your take on this, Brian, as someone with children, that…
When the independent Tunisian online media collective Nawaat announced that the government had suspended its activities for one month, the…
from the the-absurd-stupidity.-it-burns dept 60 Minutes is under new management and things are getting stupid faster than you might expect.…
OpenAI has signed a multi-year deal with Amazon to buy $38 billion worth of AWS cloud infrastructure to train its…
from the evil-empire-calls-for-backup dept To say the irony was lost on them would be to assume they ever thought some…
from the helping-the-public-by-screwing-the-public dept Much of the federal government is shuttered, but that’s not preventing the Trump administration from finding…
As I browse the web in 2025, I rarely encounter captchas anymore. There’s no slanted text to discern. No image…
from the ’twas-ever-thus dept Five Years Ago This week in 2020, the RIAA tossed out a bogus DMCA claim to…
When Congress eventually reopens, the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will be moving toward a vote. This gives us…