Tesla Plans to Build Huge Factory in Mexican City Struggling With Water Scarcity
Activists from Mexico are decrying the plan as a prime example of “colonial extractivism.”
Your Messaging Service Should Not Be a DEA Informant
The bill, named the Cooper Davis Act, is likely to result in a host of inaccurate reports and in companies sweeping up innocent conversations, including discussions about past drug use…
Bipartisan US Bill Aims to Prevent AI From Launching Nuclear Weapons
"As we live in an increasingly digital age, we need to ensure that humans hold the power alone to command, control, and launch nuclear weapons—not robots," said co-sponsor Sen. Ed…
Experts Warn Musk’s Misleading Celebrity Twitter Blue Check Are FTC Violation
"False endorsements violate FTC rules, legally exposing Musk," said Tim Karr of the advocacy and watchdog group Free Press.
Is TikTok a US Deep State Front?
Alan MacLeod’s reporting on the influx of former government employees at TikTok, Meta, Twitter and other social media companies helps define the scope of the U.S. censorship regime.
US Media Denounce Twitter’s ‘State Media’ Label—When It Affects NPR
Though it’s right to impugn the whims of Elon Musk, the outrage against Twitter’s labeling policy is highly selective.
The Broad, Vague RESTRICT Act Is a Dangerous Substitute for Comprehensive Data Privacy Legislation
By Jason Kelley and David Greene / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) The recently introduced RESTRICT Act (S. 686, Sen. Warner and Sen. Thune) rightfully is causing a lot of concern.…
The European Union’s Digital Trade Rules: Undermining European Policy to Rein in Big Tech
By Deborah James / Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Executive Summary This report shows how Big Tech companies are working to constrain the ability of EU democratic bodies…
The US War Drum Against China Sounds Like: Tik. Tok.
The ongoing effort to investigate and ban TikTok is not about our privacy, but about fueling more aggression against China.
Government Hasn’t Justified a TikTok Ban
By Adam Schwartz and David Greene / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Freedom of speech and association include the right to choose one’s communication technologies. Politicians shouldn’t be able to tell…
DeSantis Privately Called for Google to Be ‘Broken Up’
In previously unreported videos from a closed-door Teneo Network conference, Florida's Republican governor takes his anti-big tech rhetoric beyond what he has said publicly.
AI and ChatGPT: Yet Another Assault on Democratic Governance?
We must understand that democracy is morphing with more technocratic systems of governance that lack full oversight and a clear understanding of their social and political impacts.
Patrick Lawrence: Totalized Censorship
Content warning, canceling, de-platforming, denying access: The fate of Sy Hersh’s Democracy Now! interview on YouTube is the latest indication of how much rougher press suppression is in this new…
NYT Worries Big Brother Is Not Watching You
By Dorothee Benz / Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting A recent guest essay in the New York Times (12/28/22) concluded a searing takedown of “our technology overlords” with the sentence:…
Under Musk, Twitter Continues to Promote US Propaganda Networks
Dozens of accounts that are part of US overt propaganda networks are given special treatment from Twitter, violating Twitter’s own policies