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 a-very-bad-look dept This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Frank Ssekamwa says the United States presented…
Police departments across the country are lining up to launch drone-as-first-responder (DFR) programs, and hundreds have cleared a necessary hurdle…
from the not-the-ftc’s-job dept In 1978, the Federal Trade Commission, the agency that regulates unfair or deceptive advertising, proposed limiting…
from the words-mean-what-i-say-they-mean dept We spent a few years pointing out the ridiculousness of the whole “TikTok ban” moral panic,…
from the acceptable-collateral-damage dept The Trump administration’s continual trend towards maximum awfulness means that every report seems to be “I’ve…
from the grift-upon-grift dept Last month I wrote a feature for The Verge exploring how Republicans had hijacked the Biden-era…
from the everything-is-more-nuanced dept This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Concerns surrounding young…
Legal intern Suzanne Castillo was the principal author of this post. The Fourth Circuit issued a disappointing opinion in U.S.…
from the ctrl-alt-speech dept Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and…
StreamSkill has combined seven of their best Office 2021/365 courses to create this awesome Ultimate Microsoft Office 2021/365 Bundle. Whether…
from the this-must-not-happen-in-a-free-society dept You’d think that watching multiple lawyers get caught red-handed using AI to file briefs full of…
from the laundering-murder dept Former DHS head Kristi Noem got permanently sidelined for being unable to do two impossible things…