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.
EFF intern Alexandra Halbeck contributed to this blog When people talk to a chatbot, they often reveal highly personal information…
from the make-patent-trolls-great-again? dept Last week I wrote about how the US Patent and Trademark Office is pushing a rule…
EFF has submitted its formal comment to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) opposing a set of proposed rules…
from the oh-the-Garbage-Man-can dept For weeks, we’ve been told the threat posed by the trafficking of illegal drugs is indistinguishable…
from the department-of-murder dept It was never enough to simply expel migrants as quickly as possible for the Trump administration.…
You might think Amazon’s biggest swing in the AI race was its $8 billion investment in Anthropic. But AWS has…
Amazon has announced a new family of frontier artificial intelligence models—and a new way for customers to build frontier models…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and scores of state and local law enforcement agencies…
from the everything-I-disagree-with-is-biased dept Not content with just filing baseless lawsuits against media companies who say mean things about our…
Technology can uplift democracy, or it can be an authoritarian weapon. EFF is making sure it stays on the side…
from the buy-in-complete dept What a difference a near-decade makes. Back in 2017, the main concerns raised by New York…
from the what-the-actual-fuck? dept Remember when you thought age verification laws couldn’t get any worse? Well, lawmakers in Wisconsin, Michigan, and beyond are about to…