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.
Since earliest days of computer games, people have tinkered with the software to customize their own experiences or share their…
Interviewer: Jillian York Sami Ben Gharbia is a Tunisian human rights campaigner, blogger, writer and freedom of expression advocate. He founded…
from the fuck-you-and-the-horse-you-Rhoden-on dept If there’s anything the GOP/MAGA party can’t stand, it’s people who won’t fall in line. It…
from the mission-accomplished! dept There were rumblings about this for a while, but it looks like the Trump TikTok deal…
from the bobby-strikes-back dept As RFK Jr. continues to dismantle public health in this country policy brick by policy brick,…
from the ctrl-alt-speech dept Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and…
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What a year it’s been. We’ve seen technology unfortunately misused to supercharge the threats facing democracy: dystopian surveillance, attacks on…
Fair use is not just an excuse to copy—it’s a pillar of online speech protection, and disregarding it in order…
from the they’re-killing-people dept This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. On July 18, a mild, overcast night…
from the Schrödinger’s-regulator dept FCC boss Brendan Carr was dragged before Congress this week for some light questioning about his…
from the the-vexatious-president dept President Trump, who keeps pretending he’s for free speech, but who has filed more defamation lawsuits…