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.
Another court has ruled that copyright can’t be used to keep our laws behind a paywall. The U.S. Court of…
from the ah-yes,-the-ministry-of-truth dept Remember when the Biden administration set up something called the “Disinformation Governance Board” and the entire…
Time and time again, we’ve seen police surveillance suffer from ‘mission creep’—technology sold as a way to prevent heinous crimes…
from the law-is-the-law,-losers dept The courts keep pounding the nails home. What this government is engaged in is illegal, on…
from the assholes-who-like-to-destroy-things dept A federal judge has ruled that President Trump’s executive order last year defunding PBS and NPR…
This is the third installment of a blog series reflecting on the global digital legacy of the 2011 Arab uprisings.…
from the criminal-masterminds dept This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. In the first days after Pam Bondi…
from the anti-jawboning-jurisprudence dept The Supreme Court has now issued its decision in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment. This…
Legal Issues from the not-so-simple dept Tue, Apr 7th 2026 01:30pm – Leigh Beadon Support us on Patreon » We’ve written…
The EU’s so-called Chat Control plan, which would mandate mass scanning and other encryption breaking measures, has had some good news…
from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept Costco is your one-stop shop for everything you want and offers a wide range of merchandise…
from the what-the-fuck-is-going-on-at-the-nytimes? dept Since the New York Times published its semi-viral big profile of Medvi last week — the…