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.
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. In April 2026, a federal grand jury…
The history of technology is rife with copyright panics. In the 1980s, major rightsholders ran to Congress and the courts,…
Doxxing is the deliberate disclosure of personal information in order to bully, harass, intimidate, or instigate a chain of harms…
Doxxing, also known as the deliberate sharing of personal information to harass or endanger someone, is a tricky thing to…
Regulating commercial location tracking has reached a turning point. Last year, we published our rubric for what comprehensive and protective…
This post is adapted from a video recorded by EFF and the Trevor Project. Head over to our TikTok or Instagram to…
from the disown-the-libs dept We’ve been detailing the trademark bullying ways of Buc-ee’s, famous gas station and convenience store chain…
from the fix-your-own-shit dept There’s still a massive effort afoot to implement statewide “right to repair” laws that try to make it…
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 good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The SunFounder Raspberry Pi Pico With the Ultimate Starter Kit offers a rich IoT learning experience…
from the when-the-ai-company-is-more-principled-than-the-government dept When Pete Hegseth declared Anthropic a national security risk because it wouldn’t agree to his dangerously…
from the today-in-what-the-everloving-fuck dept Compliant Technologies probably would have preferred to keep flying under the radar. But a gaudy new…