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.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have descended into utter lawlessness, most recently in Minnesota.…
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Days into President Donald Trump’s second term in the White House,…
from the the-chilling-effects-are-real dept For years, we’ve been subjected to an endless parade of hyperventilating claims about the Biden administration’s…
from the too-stupid-by-half dept I have to admit: the first one-and-a-half paragraphs of this CNN report had me thinking the…
from the it’s-blaring dept If you’ve been paying attention to surveillance and civil liberties issues over the past fifteen years,…
from the building-state-television…to-protect-the-children dept We’ve been talking about how the Trump GOP is launching an all out attack on Netflix’s…
from the cascading-failure dept It’s darkly funny, in a way, to recall a racist trope that gets trotted out about…
Federal agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have descended into utter lawlessness, most…
The phrase “artificial intelligence” has been around for a long time, covering everything from computers with “brains”—think Data from Star…
from the beyond-hallucitations dept It is no secret that large language models (LLMs) are being used routinely to modify and…
from the the-lords-of-agitprop dept Jeff Bezos this week continued to dismantle what’s left of the Washington Post via another massive…
from the judges-wept dept Over the past week, two federal judges have issued rulings on immigration cases that aren’t just…