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 golden-era-for-weird-assholes dept The President of Larry Ellison’s “new and improved” Paramount, Jeff Shell, has been conspicuously absent from…
from the the-play-is-unreviewable dept I’ve spent a lot of digital ink detailing just how bad RFK Jr. has been in…
The government should not help a religious institution to punish or deter members from inquiring about their faith. Yet, once…
from the the-death-of-informed-consensus dept Ideally, the U.S. public is supposed to be able to comment on government policy proceedings, and…
The rapidly escalating conflict between Anthropic and the Pentagon, which started when the company refused to let the government use…
Over the last decade or so, the tech industry has tried, and mostly failed, to make “smart glasses”—tech-infused glasses with…
from the public-domain-ftw dept We’ve been covering Stephen Thaler’s quixotic quest to get copyright (and patent) protection for works generated…
from the it-prevents-us-from-fixing-societal-issues dept We have met the enemy and he is us. When a teenage boy in Orlando started…
from the maga-is-the-stripper-that-doesn’t-love-you-back dept I come here to celebrate the apparently permanent sidelining of former DHS head, Kristi Noem. I…
from the 100%-bad-faith dept You might recall that during the great mass TikTok hyperventilation of 2021-2025, there was no limit…
from the fever-dream dept There’s this insane subset of people who, when they talk about Donald Trump, I’ll never understand.…
Join EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn in conversation with 404 Media Cofounder Jason Koebler to discuss Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance, Cindy’s personal story…