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 openness-wins dept On a laptop screen in a dimly lit tent near the Donetsk front, a Ukrainian drone…
The Senate Commerce Committee is set to consider S. 737, the SCREEN Act, a sweeping age-verification bill that would require…
California lawmakers have amended A.B. 1709, but the core problem remains: the bill is still a ban on social media…
from the ctrl-alt-speech dept Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and…
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing education, and the way people search for information. Parents, teenagers, teachers, and schools are struggling…
from the presumption-of-regularity-is-dead dept This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Across the country, federal judges are calling…
from the yet-another-vindictive-prosecution dept Donald Trump swore he could turn the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool into something he could use…
This post is available as a printable one page handout in English and Spanish. Recordings of law enforcement, whether by…
from the real-keystone-cops-shit dept Earlier this week we noted how the Trump administration’s unpopular ban on Chinese drones had become…
from the double-dog-dare dept I will admit it’s always a special kind of fun when a topic we cover here…
from the moderating-in-public dept This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. This year, Wikipedia…
from the scaling-but-for-hallucinations dept It’s not that AI can’t be useful or helpful in certain contexts. And this is certainly…