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]
Google says it’s not a monopoly
Document shows Google would argue that the existence of Amazon and Facebook show that it’s not a monopoly power.
Princeton students speak up for free speech, get shamed as “racist”, with at least one losing an internship
The students had their signatures leaked to a mailing list and were accused of supporting “racist propaganda.”
Coinbase CEO defends selling analytics software to Secret Service
Coinbase says it’s only providing publicly-available information.
Hong Kong citizens are being arrested for saying nothing
The blank piece of paper has become a symbol of pushback against authoritarian China.
Urban Dictionary announces a more sterilized future
It’s time to crack down on “hate speech” the CEO says.
Twitter mob: College researcher forced to resign after study finding no racial bias in police shootings
Another casualty of the Twitter mob.
The banning of TikTok and the furthering of the splinternet
TikTok is accused of being Chinese spyware. What would banning it do to the internet?
UK “anti-hate” group sets its sights on medical misinformation online
What does an anti-hate group have to do with policing conversations about medical issues online?
Hong Kong publishers are already self-censoring
Publishers in the region fear backlash from China now the “security” law is implemented.
Hong Kong: police allowed warrantless searches, internet control, and communication interception
Carrie Lam is ready to enforce the new law.
Calls to get Europe to join in the Facebook boycott are unfounded
The pressure is unrelenting.
Companies are boycotting Facebook ads but tracking and profiling you with Facebook anyway
Companies haven’t removed the Facebook ads tracking pixel from their websites during the boycott.