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 betraying-trust-for-the-clicks dept A California police department is none too happy that its license plate reader records were accessed…
from the our-digital-history dept Last fall, I wrote about how the fear of AI was leading us to wall off…
from the utterly-unsurprising dept The Trump administration has fired one of the few remaining members of the administration that had…
from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The Hypergear 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Dock is meticulously engineered to reduce the cable clutter and streamline…
from the they’ll-keep-doing-that-until-there-are-real-consequences dept Judge Boasberg got his vindication in the frivolous “complaint” the DOJ filed against him, and now…
from the inevitable-outcomes dept U.S. media mergers always follow the same trajectory. Pre-merger, executives promise all manner of amazing synergies…
from the ready-fire-aim dept At some point, we, as a society, are going to realize that farming copyright enforcement out…
from the ctrl-alt-speech dept Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and…
Discord has begun rolling out mandatory age verification and the internet is, understandably, freaking out. At EFF, we’ve been raising…
from the 230-is-free-speech dept For thirty years, internet users have benefited from a key federal law that allows everyone to…
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from the another-day,-another-scandal dept Yesterday, Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before the House Judiciary Committee. Among the more notable exchanges…