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How the 'Censorship-Industrial Complex' Narrative Went From Fringe to Trump Policy
This month, in partnership with Type Investigations, MIT Technology Review published a feature titled “How ideas of a vast censorship network moved f…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
How AI Is Reshaping Election Information Ahead of the 2026 Midterms
Headed into the US midterm elections season, the information environment continues to evolve. Millions of people now use AI chatbots, both to retriev…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Here Come the Synthetic Voters
The midterm election cycle is heating up in the United States, and there are important elections set to take place soon in Brazil, Israel, Sweden, an…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Casey Michel on Breaking the Tech Oligarchy's Grip
The rise of the tech oligarchy threatens democracy in the United States and abroad. In his new book, United States of Oligarchy, Casey Michel—author,…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Taking Stock of the UK Tech Policy 'Muddle'
The United Kingdom has a new prime minister, and he has already moved to put his mark on tech policy—scrapping a scheme for digital ID, shuttering th…
3 months ago
When Users Say 'Goodbye' to AI
From Tamagochis to AI companions, generations of machines have been designed to push on our “evolutionary buttons”—ones that ask us to respond to the…
3 months ago
How the OpenAI-Hugging Face Hack May Affect the Geopolitics of AI Governance
On July 16, Hugging Face, a company that provides a platform for AI models, datasets, and other machine learning applications, posted a “security inc…
3 months, 1 week ago
A Roadmap for Confronting the Chilling Effects of Censorship, Surveillance and New Technology
Across the world, despots and and wannabe dictators are deploying new tools, both legal and technological, to stifle dissent and oppress. Today’s gue…
3 months, 1 week ago
ICE and the Architecture of Authoritarianism
At Tech Policy Press, we’ve monitored the massive influx of money into the Department of Homeland Security to support the Trump administration’s brut…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Is Europe Getting AI Wrong?
When Europe 2031 was published in June, it set off an immediate debate in Brussels and beyond. The fictional near-future scenario authored by a group…
3 months, 3 weeks ago