BOSTON, May 13, 2026 — TODAY, Boston City Council voted unanimously to adopt a resolution condemning dangerous and misguided censorship and age verification legislation, including the controversial pr...

CJ Larkin and Max Morgan explore the growing US effort in the states to restrict youth social media access.

On the automated bureaucratic machinery that killed 175 children

In December 2025, the world crossed a threshold. For the first time ever, access to the major social media platforms was no longer guaranteed by interest, connection, or curiosity — but by a birth …

Ring's CEO told staff the feature is “first for finding dogs,” indicating a plan to expand.

At a time when experts are warning of unprecedented democratic backsliding in the United States under the second Trump administration, how should people

At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.

Despite funding cuts, Freedom House delivered its annual report on how countries are performing on measures of digital rights and internet freedom.

We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

Instead of sheltering pro-democracy dissidents, America is now returning them for arrest.

Tech policy is a key part of the Trump administration's dramatic project to replace the US's traditional European alliances, Dean Jackson writes.

The president swore off building nations, not destroying them.

An intermittent place for writing about democracy and autocracy in the US and around the world. Until recently I worked at Freedom House as Senior Director of Research. Now what? Click to read "Now Wh...

Dozens of masked agents in plainclothes searched for targets exiting the elevators.

Speaking to NPR in his first media interview since his detention, lawful permanent U.S. resident Mohsen Mahdawi finds peace in meditation and hopes "America will fulfill its promise."

The immigration crackdown has come to America’s campuses.

Donald Trump and his administration have been pushing misinformation to justify sending Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a brutal prison in El Salvador.

As more and more governments turn to data localization, these laws’ negative impact on digital rights are becoming increasingly clear. The multistakeholder community must come together to devise right...

What began with Mahmoud Khalil has now expanded into widespread immigration status revocations with no explanation and little apparent recourse.

The March 23rd imprisonment of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is a defining moment, even in a country that has become a global shorthand for autocratization.

It’s tied to Trump’s executive orders re: terrorism and antisemitism, per an official cable review by The Handbasket.

We must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us.