Roundtables: Inside the “Censorship-Industrial Complex” Idea Shaping US Policy

Available only for MIT Alumni and subscribers. session or watch below The “censorship-industrial complex” 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—then it began making its way into US policy. Watch a conversation exploring how it started, where it’s going, and what it means for the future of democracy and the internet. Speakers: Amy Nordrum, Executive Editor, Operations, and Eileen Guo, Senior Reporter, Features & Investigations Recorded on August 13, 2026 Related Story: How ideas of a vast censorship network moved from the online fringe to Trump policy Keep Reading Most Popular A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that’s holding back LLMs Subquadratic has now shared more details about its new model. But some are still skeptical. A fundamental flaw leaves LLMs strikingly vulnerable to attack It makes it easy to trick them into doing things they shouldn’t, such as telling you how to sabotage an aircraft’s navigation system. , says a European fertility group Some donor-conceived people are finding hundreds of siblings. An international cap on donations could help prevent that. a hidden space where Claude puzzles over concepts A new technique has let the company probe deeper than ever into the weird workings of an LLM. , top stories, upcoming events, and more.