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 monetizing-imaginary-friends dept My biggest complaints with AI tend to be with the human beings who are rushing language…
from the as-it-was dept Five Years Ago This week in 2021, the attacks on Section 230 were coming fast, with…
from the playing-make-believe dept It’s been several years since we last did this, but I’d like to remind you all…
from the in-case-it-wasn’t-obvious dept This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.…
from the beclowning-continues dept Back in August, we wrote about the Department of Justice’s unprecedented decision to file a judicial…
from the inescapable-advertisements dept Back in 2023 we noted how a company named Telly proclaimed it had come up with…
from the disappearing-facts dept For over half a century, the CIA’s World Factbook has been one of the most quietly…
from the shoot-first,-ask-questions-never dept In the grand scheme of things — the wanton cruelty, the routine violations of rights, the…
from the fuck-the-poor dept The Trump administration keeps demonstrating that it really hates affordable broadband. It particularly hates it when…
from the you’re-fired? dept Echo chambers are generally bad. Any group making important decisions should have a certain level of…
from the ctrl-alt-speech dept Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have descended into utter lawlessness, most recently in Minnesota.…