Justin Hendrix
Concerned with tech, media and democracy. CEO & Editor at Tech Policy Press. Research & Adjunct Professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Opinions mine.
- Imagining a "Wikipedia Liberty Index," Ryan McGrady says real or threatened censorship of Wikipedia is a lagging indicator of a state's attitudes towards free press, free speech, academic freedom, and free expression in general, and a real-time indicator of active efforts at suppression.
- Tech leaders were given every form of special treatment to make good on the promise of creating a "digital public square" for the democratic exchange of ideas, writes Dr. Mary Anne Franks. Not only has it failed to meaningfully challenge the rise of authoritarianism in the US, it has accelerated it.
- “No one stands to benefit from this except Donald Trump’s Big Tech bros." Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY) on the proposed moratorium on state AI laws at tonight's E&C markup.
- Is “partnering closely with the US government” the best way to advance “democratic” AI?
- It appears clear that Trump and Musk’s ableist rhetoric both informs and forecasts DOGE’s work, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Ariana Aboulafia. Its violations of data privacy and expansive use of AI without proper oversight have already harmed disabled people, and will continue to do so, she says.
- OpenAI is selling “democratic AI” in partnership with the Trump administration. But will painting itself as red, white, and blue as a can of Budweiser be good for OpenAI’s business? And what will it mean for democracy? www.techpolicy.press/openai-is-wr...
- What are we even doing here?
- For the past three weeks, Google and the Justice Department have been in court to hash out what remedies might look like following last year's ruling that Google is a monopolist in search. Tech Policy Press associate editor Cristiano Lima-Strong spoke to experts to take stock of the arguments:
- "The firing of Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter came after Perlmutter and her office earlier this week issued part three of a lengthy report about artificial intelligence and expressed some concerns and questions about the usage of copyrighted materials by AI technology."
- "President Donald Trump moved late Thursday to fire the three Democratic commissioners on the five-person Consumer Product Safety Commission, his administration’s latest test of the limits of presidential power over independent agencies."
