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.
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…
In April, WhatsApp launched its “Advanced Chat Privacy” feature, which, once enabled, disables using certain AI features in chats and…
from the not-sending-their-best dept ICE can generate multiple horrible stories a day but it still can’t seem to find enough…
Further, that alleged activity can’t even reliably be linked to any Meta employee, Meta claims.Strike 3 “does not identify any…
from the i’m-with-stupid dept When it comes to RFK Jr., I tend not to find much humor in the chaos…
The Man Who Invented AGI Read the full article here
from the kids-will-find-a-way dept As anyone who has read Techdirt for any length of time knows full well, there’s been…