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.

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2026-08-21 19:34:20 UTC

Quite the endorsement.
[Darth Vader ‘supports’ Flock c...](https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/21/us/video/darth-vader-mocks-supports-flock-city-council-meeting-digvid-vrtc )

2026-08-07 00:01:40 UTC

A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to establish a $567 million fund to abate harms to youth. The court found Meta's platforms created a public nuisance by contributing to a teen mental health crisis and facilitating "problematic interactions between adults and children."
[New Mexico Court Orders Meta t...](https://www.techpolicy.press/new-mexico-court-orders-meta-to-establish-567-million-fund-to-abate-harms-to-youth/ )

2026-07-30 17:59:07 UTC

Oh dear.
[US government map of Africa mi...](https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/us-government-map-africa-mislabels-every-country-global-conference-2026-07-30/ )

2026-06-25 14:36:38 UTC

As governments rush to age-gate the internet, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) senior counsel David Greene argues we're skipping a vital question: not "how do we age-gate while protecting privacy?" but "should we be doing this at all?" He reflects on the issue as an expert, and as a parent.
[They Said I'd Feel Different A...](https://www.techpolicy.press/they-said-id-feel-different-about-free-speech-as-a-parent-they-were-wrong/ )

2026-06-16 14:07:16 UTC

Just hours after Brazil expanded platform liability rules, 26 legislative decrees were filed to block them — most from Bolsonaro's party, many word-for-word identical. Tech Policy Press fellow Tatiana Dias on the coordinated counteroffensive.
[www.techpolicy.press/big-techs-pr...](https://www.techpolicy.press/big-techs-proxy-war-against-brazils-new-platform-accountability-rules/ )
[Big Tech's Proxy War Against B...](https://www.techpolicy.press/big-techs-proxy-war-against-brazils-new-platform-accountability-rules/ )

2026-05-08 17:58:51 UTC

Yesterday, the Paris prosecutor's office announced an escalation of its investigation of Elon Musk and his social network X, seeking formal charges on a range of claims, including complicity in the possession of child sexual abuse material. We updated our timeline with the latest.
[Tracking the Paris Prosecutor'...](https://www.techpolicy.press/tracking-the-paris-prosecutors-investigation-into-elon-musks-x/ )

2026-03-08 20:02:54 UTC

"The footage appears to contradict US President Donald Trump’s claim that it was an Iranian missile that hit the school on Feb. 28." - [@bellingcat.com@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:sb54dpdfefflykmf5bcfvr7t )
[Video Shows US Tomahawk Missil...](https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03/08/video-shows-us-tomahawk-missile-strike-next-to-girls-school-in-iran/ )

2026-03-06 12:46:36 UTC

For politically active billionaires and their allies in Washington, social media is becoming an instrument of political power, writes Paddy Leerssen. Broadly, a new regulatory paradigm for content moderation is emerging: the EU writes laws, the US buys shares.
[Shareholder Control and the Ne...](https://www.techpolicy.press/shareholder-control-and-the-new-politics-of-platform-regulation/ )

2026-03-01 11:47:16 UTC

Claude goes to war in Iran: "Within hours of declaring that the federal government will end its use of artificial-intelligence tools made by tech company Anthropic, President Trump launched a major air attack in Iran with the help of those very same tools."
[U.S. Strikes in Middle East Us...](https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-strikes-2026/card/u-s-strikes-in-middle-east-use-anthropic-hours-after-trump-ban-ozNO0iClZpfpL7K7ElJ2 )

2026-02-03 11:20:18 UTC

"The French offices of the social network X, owned by Elon Musk, were raided on Tuesday, February 3, the Paris prosecutor's office announced." [www.lemonde.fr/pixels/artic...](https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2026/02/03/les-locaux-francais-de-x-perquisitionnes-dans-le-cadre-d-une-enquete-pour-cybercriminalite_6665203_4408996.html )
[Les locaux de X en France perq...](https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2026/02/03/les-locaux-francais-de-x-perquisitionnes-dans-le-cadre-d-une-enquete-pour-cybercriminalite_6665203_4408996.html )

2026-01-30 11:55:57 UTC

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
[How ICE Already Knows Who Minn...](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html )

2025-12-29 13:25:25 UTC

"Top psychiatrists increasingly agree that using AI chatbots might be linked to cases of psychosis. In the past nine months, these experts have seen or reviewed the files of dozens of patients who exhibited symptoms following prolonged, delusion-filled conversations with the AI tools."
[AI Chatbots Linked to Psychosi...](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-chatbot-psychosis-link-1abf9d57 )

2025-11-12 11:32:05 UTC

"President Donald Trump’s federal law enforcement crackdown has hit a disgusting new low, after federal agents reportedly pepper-sprayed a 1-year-old in Chicago and then lied about it."
[Damning Video Shows DHS Agents...](https://newrepublic.com/post/203046/video-department-homeland-security-agents-pepper-spray-baby )

2025-11-11 13:00:16 UTC

"Investors have been selling off the debt of US tech heavyweights, showing how jitters over Silicon Valley’s boom in spending on artificial intelligence have spilled into the bond market."
[Investor angst over Big Tech’s...](https://www.ft.com/content/d2bf6c25-fb42-4f13-b81c-a72883632f50 )

2025-11-10 16:11:29 UTC

Public health depends on citizens accepting scientifically-grounded guidance. When official institutions produce politically-determined science and independent verification infrastructure is eliminated, the capacity for evidence-based health policy collapses, writes Renée DiResta.
[How Political Power is Capturi...](https://www.techpolicy.press/how-political-power-is-capturing-knowledge-systems-and-manufacturing-structural-ignorance/ )

2025-10-15 20:02:44 UTC

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