Tech & Free Speech
Brands Swap Human Influencers for AI Fakes, Hide It With NDAs
Corporations are replacing human pitchmen with algorithmic fakes—and using NDAs to ensure you never find out.
June 21, 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 Wants Your Living Room and Security Keys. Proton Offers an Exit.
Google's always-listening AI speaker enters your home as its Authenticator holds your digital keys. Proton's open-source alternative lets you take them back.
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Google's Android Updates Create Two-Tier System: Pixels Feast, Rivals Get Scraps
Quarterly updates were supposed to fix fragmentation. Google turned them into a monopoly tool.
June 20, 2026
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Norway Bans AI for Kids While U.S. Pols Censor Adults
Norway shields kids from Big Tech algorithms while Washington targets adult dissent.
June 20, 2026
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Google Silently Patches Android Auto, Tells Users Nothing
Vague changelog, zero explanation — Big Tech's idea of accountability when your car connection dies.
June 20, 2026
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Nobel AI Researcher Jumps to Anthropic as Tech Giants Consolidate Power
John Jumper's exit from DeepMind is the second landmark departure in 48 hours—and Washington still isn't asking who controls the AI shaping American lives.
June 20, 2026
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Meta Pressures Congress for Lawsuit Immunity Amid Child-Harm Verdicts
Big Tech wants KOSA rewritten to shield itself from the families its platforms harmed.
June 20, 2026
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SpaceX Hits $2.4T Valuation on Orbital AI Promises, Taxpayers Foot the Bill
SpaceX burns billions while hitting record valuation as Big Tech eyes orbit to dodge Earth's laws and accountability.
June 19, 2026
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Federal Court Upholds Ohio Law: Big Tech Must Get Parents' Consent for Kids
Meta, TikTok, and YouTube fought to keep mining kids' data without parental consent. They lost.
June 19, 2026
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Meta Pushes Congress for Shield From Child-Harm Lawsuits
The company that hooked kids on Instagram now wants a get-out-of-court-free card written into a child-safety bill.
June 19, 2026
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Meta Grabs 1.6 Gigawatts for AI While Communities Foot the Bill
Zuckerberg seizes power for 1.2M homes while lobbying Congress for liability shields
June 19, 2026
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Google's AI Agenda Breaks Pixel Email and Widgets
Pixel 10 users can't type emails because AI hijacks the keyboard, and Android 17 deletes home-screen widgets. Google offers no fix for either.
June 19, 2026
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