Tech & Free Speech

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Big Tech, censorship, AI.
Tech & Free Speech tracks Big Tech power, censorship, deplatforming, surveillance, and AI — the fight for free speech online and in the public square. Every story ties platform policy to real-world consequences for users and publishers.
Tech & Free Speech

EA yanks offline microtransactions after consumer backlash, but the extraction machine keeps running.
11h ago
Tech & Free Speech
Flock Safety built a nationwide database of your movements — and police search it without warrants.
18h ago
Tech & Free Speech
An always-listening AI is coming to your car. The establishment press cheers the convenience and ignores the surveillance.
20h ago
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Two trillion-dollar partners are now courtroom enemies—and you're footing the bill.
1d ago
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CAA and SAG-AFTRA killed a tool for millions because a simple opt-out didn't give them enough control over your tech.
1d ago
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London joins Brussels in subjecting American cloud companies to foreign oversight while Washington stays silent.
1d ago
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Brussels demands Meta dismantle Facebook and Instagram features under billion-euro threats — regulatory imperialism dressed as child protection.
1d ago
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American private enterprise builds the AI backbone while the establishment press frets over whether rivals can trust Musk.
1d ago
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The new GPT-5.6 agent automates workplace tasks 24/7—Wall Street profits, workers pay the price.
2d ago
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He once said Anthropic "hates Western Civilization." Now he calls them the "leader in AI"—while collecting $1.25 billion a month from them.
2d ago
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Meta is hoarding nation-state compute power to train the AI that decides what you can say.
2d ago
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Judge approves $1.5M settlement but questions why SEC let Musk's trust—not Musk—take the fall
2d ago
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Zuck wants you wearing a surveillance device that records the world in secret.
2d ago
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Musk's free-speech AI arrives faster and cheaper than the sanitized establishment alternative.
3d ago
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Four AGs want virtually all of Meta's value over 'addiction' claims—and the precedent hands government a speech kill switch.
3d ago
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Big Tech arms billions with reality-bending AI while keeping a tight grip on who actually gets to speak.
3d ago
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While D.C. and Beijing trade spy accusations, the real threat is a bipartisan power grab to regulate open-source code and control what tools Americans can run.
3d ago
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The establishment ignores it, but 65% of working Americans see AI being forced into their lives against their will.
3d ago
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Mandatory Meta update kills smart glasses cameras if you tamper with the recording light—your property, their control.
3d ago
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Muse Image lets strangers pull your public Instagram photos and generate hyperrealistic deepfakes of your likeness — no consent, no notification, and you're already opted in.
4d ago
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X releases iOS video editor for creators; Meta axes game studios, pivots to AI after $70B lost.
4d ago
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The merger consolidates free-speech AI under one roof with the biggest war chest in tech history.
4d ago
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The penalty matches Meta's market cap, but the establishment ignores Big Tech's censorship cartel driving the damage.
4d ago
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Apple and Google cry 'free speech' to protect a business model built on harvesting kids' data.
5d ago
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