The campaign against government’s influence over tech
An effort to stop agencies, academics and platforms from speaking to each other is finding success outside the courts — and has implications for next year’s presidential election

An effort to stop agencies, academics and platforms from speaking to each other is finding success outside the courts — and has implications for next year’s presidential election
The company's new unicorn status has already led its founders to reverse their position on advertising. What other compromises are they prepared to make?
AI companions are arriving faster than platforms can build guardrails around them. Parents need to pay attention
The conservative pressure campaign against social networks was hugely successful — and now it's coming for AI
And six other takeaways from Hard Fork Live