{"id":7795,"date":"2026-08-13T22:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T22:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/portal\/2026\/08\/13\/roundtables-inside-the-censorship-industrial-complex-idea-shaping-us-policy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T22:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T22:00:11","slug":"roundtables-inside-the-censorship-industrial-complex-idea-shaping-us-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/portal\/2026\/08\/13\/roundtables-inside-the-censorship-industrial-complex-idea-shaping-us-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundtables: Inside the \u201cCensorship-Industrial Complex\u201d Idea Shaping US Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Listen to the session or watch below<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/wp.technologyreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GMT20260813-180002_Recording.cutfile.20260813202539500.m4a\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201ccensorship-industrial complex\u201d is an idea that a network of government, tech, and research groups is collaborating to suppress conservative online speech. This was fodder for the right-wing information sphere for years\u2014then it began making its way into US policy. Watch a conversation exploring how it started, where it\u2019s going, and what it means for the future of democracy and the internet.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>Speakers<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><em><strong><strong><strong>: <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/author\/Amy-Nordrum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amy Nordrum<\/a>, Executive Editor, Operations, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/author\/eileen-guo\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/author\/eileen-guo\/\">Eileen Guo<\/a>, Senior Reporter, Features &amp; Investigations<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1218117460?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong><em><strong><strong><em><strong><em><strong><strong>Recorded on August 13<\/strong>, 2026<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Related Story<\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/08\/04\/1141105\/how-ideas-of-a-vast-censorship-network-moved-from-the-online-fringe-to-trump-policy\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/08\/04\/1141105\/how-ideas-of-a-vast-censorship-network-moved-from-the-online-fringe-to-trump-policy\">How ideas of a vast censorship network moved from the online fringe to Trump policy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to the session or watch below The \u201ccensorship-industrial complex\u201d is an idea that a network of government, tech, and research groups is collaborating to suppress conservative online speech. This was fodder for the right-wing information sphere for years\u2014then it began making its way into US policy. Watch a conversation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[67],"class_list":["post-7795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mit-feed","tag-mit-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7795\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}