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 it-prevents-us-from-fixing-societal-issues dept We have met the enemy and he is us. When a teenage boy in Orlando started…
from the maga-is-the-stripper-that-doesn’t-love-you-back dept I come here to celebrate the apparently permanent sidelining of former DHS head, Kristi Noem. I…
from the 100%-bad-faith dept You might recall that during the great mass TikTok hyperventilation of 2021-2025, there was no limit…
from the fever-dream dept There’s this insane subset of people who, when they talk about Donald Trump, I’ll never understand.…
Join EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn in conversation with 404 Media Cofounder Jason Koebler to discuss Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance, Cindy’s personal story…
from the such-a-waste-of-time dept On Wednesday of last week, I wrote a post about how the Trump administration had quietly…
The SAFE act, introduced by Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), is the first of many likely proposals…
We’re celebrating the launch of Privacy’s Defender, a new book by EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn on Thursday, March 12—and we want…
Congressional Republicans Push Bills That Would Block Kids Access To Content For Ideological Reasons
from the how-is-this-protecting-kids? dept Should parents have a right to monitor and control which sites and apps their kids use?…
from the shittiest-people-overseen-by-even-shittier-people dept Say what you will about cops — even the federal ones — but they have nothing…
from the can’t-trust-this-doj dept When companies sued to block Trump’s IEEPA tariffs last year, one of the key arguments they…
from the first-do-no-harm dept I think this recent post by AI industry CEO Matt Shumer is worth a read. In it,…