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 doomed-to-repeat-it dept When I was in high school, part of the mandatory social studies curriculum included watching the…
from the evil-thugs dept Puerile, vindictive, and hateful is no way to run a government. That’s how Trump is running…
When it comes to keeping our texts, chats, and other digital messages safe from prying eyes, we have a powerful…
from the dysfunction-junction dept When right wing billionaire Larry Ellison (and his nepobaby kid David) hired trolling blogger Bari Weiss…
from the buh-bye dept Senator Bill Cassidy just lost his campaign for reelection to his Senate seat in Louisiana. With…
from the more-bullshit-than-the-bullshit-artists-can-handle dept As convenient as it is for cops to play along with hysterical claims made by politicians,…
For years, civil society organizations, workers, journalists, and human rights experts have warned that major technology companies risk enabling grave…
from the oh-so-now-you’re-concerned? dept A couple weeks back, Supreme Court watcher Steve Vladeck pointed out a fascinating “tell” by Justice…
from the some-transparency-for-take-it-down dept Today marks the deadline for online platforms to implement a process for notice-and-takedown of nonconsensual intimate…
from the I-told-you-once-and-I-told-you-twice dept Section 702 surveillance powers are still limping along, mostly unimpeded, despite on-again/off-again objections by federal politicians.…
“We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us…
from the bad-ideas-from-terrible-people dept We’ve talked a lot about how Americans have somehow accepted the fact that our voice networks…