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]
UK police officer charged after posting George Floyd meme
The UK has some of the weakest free speech laws in the West.
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt accused of attempting to buy his way into the Biden White House
Will the Biden administration continue to fill itself with Big Tech supporters?
Even if you don’t get the joke, online parody is protected speech
A new amicus brief has been filed in a high profile case.
EU calls on Joe Biden to crack down on online “hate speech”
The President of the EU Commission has made a public call for Biden to find ways to censor.
UK says Big Tech is “manipulating lives” launches investigation into its algorithms
Algorithms also reduce competition and harm consumers, a UK watchdog says.
Congresswoman Tlaib leads calls for recent Capitol breach not to lead to increased tech surveillance of citizens
There is at least some support against the the incident being used to curtail civil liberties.
Secret deal between Google and Facebook allegedly revealed in anti-trust case
A preferential deal.
Apple sued by pressure group for not banning Telegram
The lawsuit isn’t expected to go anywhere but it does highlight an increasing trend of campaigns for censorship.
Billionaire Frank Giustra allowed to sue Twitter in Canada for allowing spread of “pizzagate conspiracy”
In Canada, Twitter doesn’t have the defense of the First Amendment or Section 230, meaning it can legally be held liable for users’ posts.
Tennessee principal suspended after criticizing Big Tech censorship
Thorne questioned the idea of having a small group of people deciding what you can hear.
Joe Biden’s attitude to free speech is a mixed bag
?Biden’s history gives people a taste of what to expect going forward.