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]
UN unveils digital biometric ID passes
Data related to health, travel, payroll, pensions, and more will be tracked and kept in a new digital format.
Wikipedia bans Newsmax as a “reliable” source after election coverage
Another conservative outlet blacklisted.
Twitter bans mathematician witness who testified in Arizona
This isn’t the first time Twitter has censored witnesses who testify about election irregularities.
UK Equality and Human Rights Commission member Alasdair Henderson criticized by media for ‘liked’ tweets
The Guardian went through Henderson’s ‘liked’ tweets in an attempt to rally opposition against him.
China is working on a data and surveillance driven “smart city”
Coming soon to the West?
UK towns use coronavirus to justify mass surveillance of residents’ personal details
The most intimate details of people’s lives are being tracked.
Local news pushing for social media censorship smells like propaganda
Forced narratives.
Students rush to defend teacher fired after refusing to remove “sexist” video from YouTube
Eton students are pushing back against the cult of woke cancel culture invading education institutions.
Oregon nurse suspended after showing “indifference” to COVID on TikTok
Users contacted her employer calling on her to be fired.
Could “fact checkers” be coming to streaming services? UK culture secretary lashes out at “The Crown” accuracy
Having blighted other aspects of internet life, could “fact checkers” be coming to streaming drama? Oliver Dowden must think the public is dumb.
Gaming needs more regulation to rein in “hate speech,” EU anti-terror official says
The official also says police should have access to chats.
Protests continue in France over “security” law that bans citizens from photographing or livestreaming police
Campaigners say it’s an afront to free speech.