Justin Hendrix

Activists dressed as queer versions of Gandalf, the character from Lord of the Rings, protest with a robotic pet Peter Thiel outside the headquarters of German publishing giant Axel Springer on September 24, 2026 in Berlin, Germany. Thiel, a Lord of the Rings enthusiast as well as an entrepreneur and investor who co-founded PayPal and Palantir, received an aware from Axel Springer. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Gil Durán Maps the Rise of the 'Nerd Reich'

Paul M. Barrett

A demonstrator holds a sign with a message that reads in Spanish; "Evict Peter Thiel" during a protest against the businessman and investor, opposing his growing presence and investments in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Thinking About the ‘Tech Fascists’ and What to Do About Them

This image is a collage with a colourful Japanese vintage landscape showing a mountain, hills, flowers and other plants and a small stream. There are 3 large black data servers placed in the bottom half of the image, with a cloud of black smoke emitting from them, partly obscuring the scenery.

Deborah Lupton, "Servers in a Landscape" / 

'Technology Freedom Cooperative' To Build Infrastructure for Human Rights and Justice Groups

Protesters march through midtown Manhattan to call attention to the effects of wealth inequality on: climate change, the Trump administration's foreign and domestic policies, and other social and political issues in New York on September 20, 2025. (Photo by Matthew Rodier/Sipa USA via AP Images)

Casey Michel on Breaking the Tech Oligarchy's Grip

Philipp Lutscher

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How Cyberattacks Became a Censorship Tool

Woman defending herself against violence, illustration of a giant fist coming down. 

A Roadmap for Confronting the Chilling Effects of Censorship, Surveillance and New Technology

A magnifying glass hovering over the OpenAI logo in a web browser.

OpenAI logo with magnifying glass, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons (by Jernej Furman).

Despots, DSA Fines, and an 'Autonomous' AI Attack

Tim Bernard

Flock Safety camera at the intersection of West Sylvania Avenue and Homeville Circle in Toledo, Ohio. The ubiquity of Flock surveillance systems in the United States raises questions about privacy and data security. (Photo by Stephen Zenner / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

Flock Safety camera at the intersection of West Sylvania Avenue and Homeville Circle in Toledo, Ohio. The ubiquity of Flock surveillance systems in the United States raises questions about privacy and data security. (Photo by Stephen Zenner / Sipa via AP Images)

Researchers Detail How AI Systems Can Enable Authoritarianism

Dean Jackson

BIDDEFORD, MAINE - JULY 15: A person observes a makeshift memorial for Joan Sebastian Durán Guerrero, a 26-year-old Colombian immigrant who was fatally shot by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, on July 15, 2026 in Biddeford, Maine. Guerrero's death comes less than a week after federal immigration agents shot and killed 52-year-old Mexican national Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas. (Photo by Ryan Murphy/Getty Images)

ICE and the Architecture of Authoritarianism

Tayrine dos Santos Dias

Leandro Ucciferri

Spain fans gather for a rally on the eve of the World Cup final soccer match in New York's Times Square, Saturday, July 18, 2026 (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

The Silent World Cup Winners are the Companies Normalizing Surveillance

Velislava Hillman

Peter G. Kirchschlaeger

Two workers running inside a scroll wheel embedded in a computer mouse, controlled by a giant capitalist hand.

AI Lays Bare the Authoritarianism of Modern Work. Time to Rethink Education.

Marco Perolini

Daniel Joloy

An electoral official sits at a polling station before polls opened for the presidential runoff election in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Countering Authoritarian Disinformation Requires More than Platform Governance

Jenna Ruddock

Tear gas surrounds federal law enforcement officers as they leave a scene after a shooting on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Trump’s Crackdown on Dissent is Targeting Signal—and Zines

David Gantt

The Anthropic logo is displayed on a smartphone screen placed on a reflective surface onto which a company branding illustration is projected on June 2, 2026. (Photo by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via AP)