Tech & Free Speech
29 States vs. Meta: $200 Billion and Veto Power Over Your Feed
29 AGs sue Meta over child safety — but the real play is who controls what every platform must show or hide.
August 19, 2026
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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.
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Google Buys Spirit Airlines' Data for $10M to Feed Its AI
Bankrupt airline sold billions of passenger records to Big Tech — and not one customer was asked.
August 19, 2026
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ICE Bans Meta Spy Glasses—But Wants To Build Its Own
The feds admit Zuckerberg's smart glasses are a privacy risk in their own offices. They're right. So why are they building a government version?
August 19, 2026
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Apple Puts Cameras in Your Earbuds, Calls It Innovation
Apple built its brand on privacy. Now it's putting cameras in your earbuds—and making you pay for it.
August 18, 2026
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Google Pulls Pixel From China, Ships Jobs to Vietnam—Not America
The tech decoupling is real, but those jobs are heading to Southeast Asia—not coming home to American workers.
August 18, 2026
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Google Brings People Tracking to Your Wrist via Wear OS
Find People expands to Wear OS smartwatches — handing the search giant another real-time pipeline to your whereabouts
August 18, 2026
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Google Buys Spirit's Dead Data—7.5 Billion Passenger Records Included
Spirit is dead. Your transaction records now belong to an AI giant. Consent was never part of the deal.
August 18, 2026
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Meta Ordered to Pay $1B for Child Exploitation — Appeals Instead of Fixing
Zuckerberg loses in New Mexico, appeals the ruling, and lobbies for immunity while kids pay the price.
August 18, 2026
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Google Maps Offline Mode Proves You Don't Need Big Tech Tracking To Navigate
Two tech writers reached the same conclusion: your tools work better when they stop phoning home to Big Tech.
August 17, 2026
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AI Turns Your Vacation Photos Into a Scammer's Map
Free AI pinpoints your location from a photo 91% of the time—no tags required—and crooks are already using it.
August 17, 2026
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States Target Meta in $1.4 Trillion Child Addiction Trial
The empire that censors parents and pushes ideology now faces the biggest reckoning in tech history for destroying kids' mental health.
August 17, 2026
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Immich Fork Noodle Gallery Beats Google Photos Without Corporate Spying
The open-source Immich fork delivers collaborative photo libraries and real search filters—without feeding your memories to Big Tech.
August 17, 2026
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Alibaba AI Hits 3B Downloads, Dwarfing Google and Meta
Silicon Valley chased DEI and censorship. Alibaba built the AI the world actually uses.
August 17, 2026
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Pixel 11 HiLight LED Barely Functions — But Google's Payment Rails Never Miss
Google ships another half-baked hardware feature while its data and money infrastructure never misses a beat.
August 16, 2026
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Meta's Vow to Purge AI Glasses Creep Videos Was Hollow
Weeks after Meta's crackdown vow, secretly filmed creep videos still flood Instagram — pushed by the algorithm.
August 16, 2026
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Florida Cops Call Psychics After Surveillance State Fails Missing Teen
Nine years after Sophie Reeder vanished, police consult mediums — proving the billion-dollar surveillance apparatus tracks citizens, not criminals.
August 16, 2026
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Apple vs. Google Pixel Is Surveillance Theater—You Lose
Big Tech promises years of phone updates to keep you locked in. The real product is you.
August 16, 2026
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Unforgetful App Charges $4.99 to Fix What Silicon Valley Broke
Silicon Valley built the distraction economy. Now veteran developer Marco Arment wants you to pay for the cure.
August 16, 2026
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Google Ships Broken Pixel, Buries 1,605 Projects It Abandoned
A monopoly doesn't need to finish what it starts — and Google proves it daily.
August 15, 2026
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Google Turns Your Car Into a Data Terminal—No Opt-Out
Android Automotive locks you into Google's data grid—and forces you to use mapping that doesn't even work right.
August 15, 2026
Tech & Free Speech
Trump Imposes 100% Drone Tariff to Break China's Grip on U.S. Market
Chinese maker DJI controls 70% of U.S. commercial drones. The White House says enough.
August 15, 2026
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OpenAI Reads Your Google Drive; Google Scrubs Its AI Watermarks
Your files flow in, their unlabeled AI flows out — two moves from the same data cartel
August 15, 2026
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Google Copies AirDrop, Expands Health Data Harvesting
Convenience is the pitch. Ecosystem lock-in and health data harvesting are the price.
August 15, 2026
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Judge to Google: Stop Burying Rival App Stores by August 20
Epic v. Google reveals Big Tech's deliberate friction to bury competitors. The court's order: tear down the wall by August 20.
August 14, 2026
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