Tech & Big Tech

from the weak-men-afraid-of-words dept Brendan Carr’s FCC claims to be moving forward their their plan to “review ABC’s broadcast licenses”…

from the silent-treatment dept Over a decade ago, Microsoft was getting set to release its new Xbox One console. In…

This is the fifth and final installment of a blog series reflecting on the global digital legacy of the 2011 Arab…

For the last couple of years, we’ve watched the same predictable cycle play out across the globe: a state (or…

from the ctrl-alt-speech dept Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and…

from the hans,-i’ve-just-noticed-something dept There’s a famous Mitchell & Webb sketch where two SS officers, mid-conversation on the Eastern Front,…

Reporters, community advocates, EFF, and others have used public records laws to reveal and counteract abuse, misuse, and fraudulent narratives…

from the concentration-camp-shit-going-on-here dept Not that ICE was ever that great about taking care of all the people it detains.…

from the nothing-is-my-fault dept More than 4,000 Hollywood insiders recently signed a letter blasting Paramount’s planned $111 billion merger with…

from the nuance-cuts-both-ways dept You’re all sick of me saying we need to have more nuance in the discussion about…

from the publishers-mess-up-everything dept As numerous posts on this blog have emphasised, the underlying idea of open access (OA) – allowing anyone…

A U.S. citizen who teaches Persian poetry classes online is suddenly unable to receive payments or access funds when his…