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 nice-work-if-you-can-get-it dept In a ruling that will clearly be remembered as one of the worst in the history…
from the hollow-performative-populism dept Flimsy and corrupt authoritarian populism is dedicated to pretending that the oligarchs and autocrats really care…
from the quite-a-pickle dept I’ll let you all in on a little secret: I love pickles. Yes, let that statement…
from the found-the-vote-fraud dept This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. To the narcotics agents investigating drug smuggling…
Last week, Instagram ended its opt-in, and therefore rarely used, end-to-end encryption feature. Years after publicly promising to provide the…
from the to-protect-and-preserve dept Recently, Mike joined Dave Hansen, Mark Graham and Kendra Albert on a panel for the Future…
from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept In the Complete JIRA Agile Project Management Course, you’ll learn how to master JIRA Agile cloud…
Osama Khalid was just twelve years old when he began contributing to Wikipedia Arabic. In the height of the blogging…
from the voter-certainty-be-damned dept Again, I feel like I’m going crazy here, but the obviously extremely partisan Supreme Court has…
This week, Apple released iOS 26.5, an update that supports end-to-end encryption for Rich Communication Services (RCS), meaning conversations between…
from the humor-is-legal-again? dept Let’s make one thing clear before I start digging into the Washington Post firing up its…
Internet shutdowns are devastating for human rights. When people are disconnected from the internet and digital services, it impacts all…