Didi Rankovic
Didi Rankovic is an experienced online journalist, editor, and translator, with a career spanning over ten years writing for major a English-language website in Serbia, and previously working as translator for international organizations and peacekeepers in the Balkans. Rankovic is passionate about free and open source tech and is a head contributor for Reclaim The Net, focusing on lead stories. [email protected]
Victoria’s Dan Andrews: Those without vaccine passports will be excluded from economic and social activities
More digital oppression tactics.
A simple screenshot is all it takes to undermine Scotland’s invasive vaccine passport program
The rollout has been a disaster.
COVID used as an excuse to introduce facial recognition to UK schools
Further privacy invasion.
UN draft calls for labeling social media users who have made “misogynistic” comments
The latest misguided idea.
Rights groups request US drops Assange extradition request
A new joint letter.
UK lawmakers use MP murder to call for social media ID verification system
Any opportunity to increase surveillance.
Trader Joe’s threatens “Traitor Joe” parody shirt seller
Despite being protected parody, Trader Joe’s is pushing its weight around.
Apple ignoring South Korea’s App Store law suggests it only complies with laws that support its profits
Apple was ordered to allow for alternative payment processors.
Apple’s “privacy” crackdown on Facebook, tripled Apple’s ad revenue
Some are raising antitrust issues.
House Democrats want to make Big Tech liable for “harm” caused by its algorithms
The draft bill is written in a way that would cause more online censorship.
Twitter advises Congress on antitrust regulations
Twitter proposes an internet built on “open standards,” something it is yet to implement itself.