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]
In the age of online mob justice, false accusations are getting serious
People are feeling comfortable enough to make false allegations online.
Reddit and other apps are still reading iPhone clipboard data
The practice is being revealed by Apple’s new upcoming update.
In The Philippines, free speech is set to be curbed under the guise of an “anti-terror” bill
The new law comes in this month.
Right Side Broadcasting Network video blocked on YouTube after 1M views over 16 seconds of music
Stories of YouTube’s bogus copyright system are piling up.
YouTube sued for not blocking copyrighted content pro-actively on upload
As if YouTube’s system wasn’t bad enough.
Turkey’s Erdogan plans to censor the internet after family member insulted online
Turkey’s Interior Ministry has launched an “investigation” into the posts.
Amazon refuses to publish book by epidemiologist professor Daniel Halperin
Amazon doesn’t want to hear what experts have to say.
India blocks DuckDuckGo
It’s not clear why.
UN recruits an army of social media coronavirus “misinformation” correctors
If you don’t know how to fight coronavirus – then at least fight free speech on the internet. That seems to be the route the UN has chosen. There are millions of people around the world left with little else do to than hang around and argue on social networks, as lockdowns are destroying their
Ethiopia cuts off the country’s internet to quash protests
The extreme approach is increasingly common.
Review of the DMCA fails to address problems with false copyright claims
Only issues for rights-holders and big platforms are considered.