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]
Republicans don’t appear to want to break up Big Tech
The Republican approach has been to complain about Big Tech’s power but reject the idea of breaking them up.
Trump administration asks FCC to begin Big Tech crackdown
The petition follows the president’s March executive order.
Bill Gates: with private messaging we can’t “intervene” in removing conspiracies and “misinformation”
Bill Gates has some words on end-to-end encryption being able to bypass censorship.
Twitter deletes covid treatment video after Trump retweeted it, locks Trump Jr’s account
Twitter has a veto over the President’s statements.
Facebook, YouTube, Twitter all censor videos of frontline doctors, call it “false information”
All major platforms scrubbed the video from frontline doctors who claim they’ve treated coronavirus with a 100% success rate.
Black social media influencers accuse corporations of virtue signaling in supporting Black Lives Matter
Influencers feel conflicted over the way businesses are potentially capitalzing on the movement to score easy points.
UK government want to use “friendly influencers” to combat Russian disinformation
You might have blinked and missed it – but the (geo)political specter of “Russia threat” has resurfaced. This time, the ever-elusive beastie has been spotted in the UK, and some urgent action on the internet is now officially warranted. The latest sighting has been reported by members of the Br
Mexico’s new DMCA-style proposals raise censorship and civil rights concerns
The DMCA has been a scourge for free expression but other countries keep eying similar laws.
Arizona congressman calls on Judge to unseal Google tracking secrets
The lawmaker feels the public should know.
Indie news aggregators like Citizen Free Press are growing in popularity
Readers increasingly appear to want to avoid Big Tech algorithms.
Social media censorship is hindering investigations, researchers say
Data is being deleted and distorting the record of truth that any researchers rely on.
Amazon accused of stealing the ideas of startups that pitched them
Startups who met with Amazon for potential investment say Amazon soon launched competing products.