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.
When a technology can have a conversation with you, it’s natural to anthropomorphize that technology—to see it as a person.…
Age verification has officially arrived in the UK thanks to the Online Safety Act (OSA), a UK law requiring online…
from the the-style-at-the-time dept Five Years Ago This week in 2020, we wrote about how the TikTok “deal” was a…
In a promising sign that public pressure works, several crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs, also known as “fake clinics”) have quietly…
If you believe the hype, artificial intelligence will soon take all our jobs, or solve all our problems, or destroy…
PORTLAND, OR – Saudi human rights activist Loujain Alhathloul’s groundbreaking lawsuit concerning spying software that enabled her imprisonment and torture…
from the these-things-mean-something dept A federal judge ruled on Sept. 2, 2025, that the Trump administration broke federal law by sending National…
Catching up on your backlog of digital rights news has never been easier! EFF has a one-stop-shop to keep you…
from the for-the-children dept I recently wrote about the Oklahoma state legislature’s plan to build a memorial plaza and statue…
The White House’s recently-unveiled “AI Action Plan” wages war on so-called “woke AI”—including large language models (LLMs) that provide information…
from the this-is-why-we-can’t-have-nice-things dept Earlier this month we noted how Disney and ESPN had sued Sling TV for the cardinal…
In the wake of rolling out its own proposal to significantly limit a key law protecting internet users’ speech in…