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 flock-aspires-to-be-the-birds-in-‘The-Birds’ dept Cops are human beings. Despite constantly pretending they’re on a higher plane (see also: Thin Blue…
from the bad-ideas-by-bad-people dept Last month I noted how the Trump FCC had unveiled a brand new plan to “stop…
This Week in 2016 FBI Won’t Tell Me How Much It Paid To Break Into Syed Farook’s iPhone, Saying It…
from the real-real-bad dept As we near the halfway point in the second Trump presidential term, there’s something that is…
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act lets US intelligence agencies collect communications from foreigners abroad without a warrant,…
from the it-only-gets-worse dept A couple weeks ago I wrote 6,000 words about the Reckless Ben/Bricks & Minifigs LEGO mess…
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 performative-fixes dept Michigan lawmakers are pushing legislation that wouldn’t just ban the sales of Chinese-made cars in the…
from the better-late-than-never dept Good news! (Maybe?) Federal legislators have introduced a bill that, if passed, would finally guarantee the…
from the going-great,-thanks-for-asking dept Back in March I noted how the Trump FCC under Brendan Carr had announced a “new ban” on…
from the fingers-and-no-thumbs dept It appears Bill Cassidy is going to make every effort to ignore his own culpability for…
from the seems-bad dept This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The American academic…