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 move-fast-and-nuke-things dept This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Last summer, a group of officials from…
Recently, a California Superior Court jury found that Meta and YouTube harmed a user through some of the features they…
Copyright law is supposed to encourage creativity. Too often, it’s used to extract payouts from others. Higbee & Associates, a…
from the ctrl-alt-speech dept Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and…
Interviewer: Jillian York Jillian York: Welcome, Jacob. I’m just going to kick off with a question that I ask everyone,…
from the hype-without-substance dept There is a familiar media failure in which opposing viewpoints are presented as equally valid, even…
This is the first post in a series on 3D print blocking, for the next entry check out Print Blocking Won’t…
This is the second post in a series on 3D print blocking, for the first entry check out: Print Blocking…
from the silly-times dept Back in October, Meta announced that its new Instagram Teen Accounts would feature content moderation “guided…
In late 2024, we urged Google and Amazon to honor their human rights commitments, to be more transparent with the…
from the shit-rolls-downhill dept Trump’s do everything all at once approach to immigration enforcement is starting to go off the…
from the corruption-is-America’s-#1-pastime dept Last election season the Trump campaign lied to everyone repeatedly about how his second administration would…