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.
This month, we celebrate 36 years of EFF and a mission that is bigger than any one of us. Thanks…
from the chinagate-hoax? dept You might have heard that Donald Trump gave a weird, rambling, nonsense speech last night full…
When Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs 2 was released in 2016, it was a headtrip for those of us working on digital-rights…
from the this-is-why-we-can’t-have-nice-things dept Here’s a short crash course in U.S. telecom policy. Giant and very unpopular companies like Comcast,…
from the two-sides-to-every-schwartz dept There’s a lot of health news going on in the country right now, in no small…
from the the-appearance-of-a-conflict-is-a-conflict dept This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. The rich and famous who filed into…
from the give-em-an-inch-and-they’ll-take-a-panopticon dept This is probably nothing more than another data point in a deluge, but it’s worth pointing…
from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The 2026 Microsoft Azure Architect & Administrator Exam Prep Bundle has 9 courses covering a wide…
from the so-how-did-the-caving-work-out-for-you? dept A few weeks ago, David Lat went on the Serious Trouble podcast and mentioned that things…
from the stopping-the-stoppers dept Florida Republicans’ bigoted little piece of speech policing — the former “Stop WOKE Act” — has…
from the do-not-pass-go,-do-not-collect-$200 dept Not long after twelve states sued Paramount claiming its $111 billion merger with Warner Brothers would…
EFF and ARTICLE 19 have submitted joint comments to the European Commission on draft guidelines for the Digital Services Act’s…