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 when-all-you-have-is-a-dragnet dept Well, it looks like investigators better go back to doing actual investigations in the Fifth Circuit,…
from the what-third-branch? dept There are many ways to describe the Trump Era, but the executive branch’s conviction that it…
from the anonymity-matters dept Back in May I noted how the Trump FCC had unveiled a brand new plan to…
from the here-goes dept When Erica Schwartz was first nominated for Director of the CDC, you could almost hear both…
For a while now we’ve been mocking the Trump White House’s plans for an “AI framework” that would have the…
from the dead-site-walking dept As perhaps a few Elon Musk fans may remember, he got really annoyed at Wikipedia last…
from the were-the-plates-in-braille? dept Flock Safety’s automatic license plate readers were first sold as upmarket add-ons for gated communities and…
from the this-is-why-we-can’t-have-nice-things dept I’ve written a few times now about how the Trump administration hijacked a $42.5 billion broadband…
from the slow-as-shit dept A couple of weeks ago we discussed how the cuts made to HHS and specifically the…
from the keeping-up-with-the-ai dept This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. On an afternoon in mid-May, dozens of…
from the turning-reporting-into-a-criminal-act dept Donald Trump took possession of a $400 million “gift” plane from the Qatari government earlier this…
from the agentic-law dept The rise of AI is bringing a bunch of fascinating legal questions that are harder to…