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.
Of course, Silicon Valley was never all flowers and psychedelics. “For all that it might flatter itself with counterculture roots,…
Depending on how you think about it, there’s half a dozen or more approaches to the hardware. And I became…
While there’s growing evidence that psychedelic drugs can effectively treat severe mental health conditions, especially in cases where traditional treatments…
from the unintended-consequences dept Last week, we published three separate posts that looked at the FTC’s recent settlement with Aylo,…
from the facepalm dept Back in April, RFK Jr. committed publicly to firmly knowing the cause of autism by September…
from the copyright-is-a-mess dept The latest generation of AI systems, based on large language models (LLMs), is perceived as the…
from the good-luck-with-that dept The flood of outrage at the Disney/FCC cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel ultimately forced the company to…
from the look-at-those-ratings dept Since we know that FCC Chair Brendan Carr sometimes reads what we write here at Techdirt,…
It’s been a year full of challenges, but also important victories for digital freedoms. From EFF’s new lawsuit against OPM and…
BY JILLIAN C. YORK | September 19, 2025 This is the third installment in a blog series documenting EFF’s findings from…
Police are using their drones as flying automated license plate readers (ALPRs), airborne police cameras that make it easier than…
BY KENYATTA THOMAS | September 22, 2025 This is the fourth installment in a blog series documenting EFF’s findings from…