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.
from the fixing-bias-with-more-bias dept For more than fifty years the U.S. right wing has embraced a neat trick: by claiming…
from the proving-the-point dept Several weeks back, we wrote about a very silly trademark opposition filed by Ohio State University…
from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The Adobe Acrobat Pro + Microsoft Office Professional License Bundle isn’t around for much longer. It’s…
from the maybe-question-everything-a-little-more? dept Brian Reed’s “Question Everything” podcast built its reputation on careful journalism that explores moral complexity within…
EFF usually warns of new horrors threatening your rights online, but this Halloween we’ve summoned a few of our own…
from the cool-cool-cool dept 2025 has delivered almost nothing but bad news. Here’s more of that, as first reported by…
from the not-that-the-Party-of-Free-Speech-cares… dept At least the last time this many journalists fled an oppressive regime, the military actually offered…
from the 2025-isn’t-1984 dept “The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their…
At the end of August, the AI company Anthropic announced that its chatbot Claude wouldn’t help anyone build a nuclear…
In the early 2010s, nearly every STEM-savvy college-bound kid heard the same advice: Learn to code. Python was the new…
from the whoops-a-daisy dept Whoops! Some Jeep Wrangler 4xe hybrid owners were stranded after the company pushed out a buggy…
In late July 2024, Lina Khan, then the chair of the US Federal Trade Commission, gave a speech at an…