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]
FB “whistleblower” saga has propelled push for social media “permits”
It’s easy to see where this is going…
White House commits to tackling “harms” caused by Big Tech platforms
Censorship commitments.
Australian PM wants social media platforms to be held responsible for anonymous users
More censorship demands incoming.
European lawmakers, who salivated over Facebook “whistleblower” hearing, plot censorship
A convenient opportunity.
The “right to control the commercial use of your persona” can be used to censor internet content, court rules
An unforeseen challenge to free speech.
DARPA accused of sucking up Twitter data
DARPA denies a relationship with Twitter and says all of the data collected is public.
Secret warrants against Google search terms are on the rise
Open-ended warrants for anyone who searches for a specific term.
MEP calls for Facebook regulation after “whistleblower” leak
Continents unite against Facebook.
Twitter reverses block of Gabby Petito Foundation
Twitter offered no explanation for the block.
California to let “violence prevention” researchers access data of gun owners in the state
Going against the state’s own privacy proposals.