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 is-that-the-faint-outline-of-a-backbone? dept ABC continues to send signals that it actually intends to fight back against Brendan Carr’s clumsy…
from the setback dept Well, this is very disappointing. Over the first half of this year, we’ve talked about the…
from the schrodinger’s-slush-fund dept In mid-May, the Todd Blanche-run DOJ agreed to “settle” the fake case Donald Trump had brought…
from the more-lazy-slop-from-slop-incorporated dept The Trump Organization still hasn’t shipped their promised Trump “made in America” phone to most of…
from the but-think-of-the-children! dept The Sixth Circuit just handed Ohio a win on its social media law restricting minors, and…
from the obviously-two-entirely-different-things dept It’s no secret ICE officers are using their phones and their tech toys to do way…
This Week in 2016 Peter Thiel’s Plan To Destroy Gawker Went Way Beyond Hogan’s Case Also A Bad Idea: Gawker…
from the ctrl-alt-speech dept Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and…
This week, EFF joined Foxglove, Human Rights Watch, and 60 other organizations in writing to the UK’s Minister of State…
This week, politicians in the UK pushed forward with plans to eviscerate privacy and free speech on the internet by…
from the lucy-pulling-away-the-copyright-football dept I can’t say I know for sure that Stephen Colbert is a Techdirt reader, but I…
The Trump administration’s approach to AI safety, particularly the generative AI models that regularly grab headlines, has been haphazard at…