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 we-are-not-peasants dept Americans are not peasants. We are citizens of a republic founded on the revolutionary proposition that…
Should you have to think twice before posting a protest flyer to your Instagram story? Or feel pressure to delete…
from the with-held-nose-because-things-stink dept It’s a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t choice appearing on the California ballot this Election Day: choose gerrymandering, or…
When Chinese AI startup DeepSeek became a global sensation in January, it not only shocked Silicon Valley but also startled…
from the get-your-federal-crime-on! dept As far as the Trump administration is concerned, there’s only one crime worth targeting: not being…
Imagine you’re walking your dog. It interacts with the world around you—sniffing some things, relieving itself on others. You walk…
from the he’d-have-to-have-standards-to-even-make-it-a-double-standard dept JD Vance thinks praising Hitler and talking about putting political enemies into death chambers is harmless…
Microsoft saved its most powerful AI tools for paying customers in the first phase of its AI evolution. Now, the…
from the this-is-why-we-can’t-have-nice-things dept Back in May we noted how Trump illegally declared he was unilaterally destroying the $2.75 billion Digital…
from the tip-off dept It’s story time! I came home from the grocery store over this past weekend very proud.…
from the welcome-to-the-resistance dept This will obviously work out well for Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt. After all, he’s lobbing this…
from the or-maybe-you-could-teach-them? dept When a school district sues social media companies claiming they can’t educate kids because Instagram filters…