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 avoidable-tragedies dept This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Images from the missile strike in southern…
from the I’m-sorry-I-can’t-do-that,-Dave dept Last month we reported on a strange story in two strange parts: first, a coder had…
from the seems-bads dept From the very beginning of the DOGE saga, many of us raised alarms about what would…
from the cover-ups-are-SOP dept Flooding cities with federal officers more used to dealing with border crossings and customs enforcement has…
Have you ever seen a really creepy targeted ad online? One that revealed just how much these companies know about…
from the golden-era-for-weird-assholes dept The President of Larry Ellison’s “new and improved” Paramount, Jeff Shell, has been conspicuously absent from…
from the the-play-is-unreviewable dept I’ve spent a lot of digital ink detailing just how bad RFK Jr. has been in…
The government should not help a religious institution to punish or deter members from inquiring about their faith. Yet, once…
from the the-death-of-informed-consensus dept Ideally, the U.S. public is supposed to be able to comment on government policy proceedings, and…
The rapidly escalating conflict between Anthropic and the Pentagon, which started when the company refused to let the government use…
Over the last decade or so, the tech industry has tried, and mostly failed, to make “smart glasses”—tech-infused glasses with…
from the public-domain-ftw dept We’ve been covering Stephen Thaler’s quixotic quest to get copyright (and patent) protection for works generated…