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 a-time-to-build dept Look, I get it. The world is a mess. Important institutions are crumbling. It feels like…
In the name of ‘protecting kids online,’ Congress pushed forward legislation this year that could have severely undermined our privacy…
from the becoming-grater dept I certainly don’t expect the wider Techdirt readership to care all that much about NFL football…
from the land-of-make-believe dept Before she was hired by right wing billionaire Larry Ellison to turn CBS into a right…
from the first-amendment-wins-for-now dept Over the summer, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority upended decades of traditional First Amendment standards to…
from the bull-in-America’s-china-shop dept America continues to be made great again. Or so says the collective of fascist buffoons currently…
For years we had to listen to a bipartisan roster of lawmakers insist that TikTok was one of the greatest…
from the failure dept This administration is in the midst of failing the American people in so many ways, of…
from the still-got-some-America-left-in-us dept Nothing this administration does is subtle. Nothing about its anti-migrant purge has been anything less than…
from the because-of-course-you-can’t dept Donald Trump has an enemies list. Not a secret one, either. It’s actually been published at…
You might not know it, given the many headlines focused on new questions about copyright and Generative AI, but the…
Throughout 2025, EFF conducted groundbreaking investigations into Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader (ALPR) network, revealing a system designed to…