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]
Will judge’s decision to allow lawsuit against “MeToo” list creator curb growth of crowd-sourced witch hunt lists?
Crowdsourced lists to “out” people online are an increasing mob-like tactic.
Reddit backtracks on shocking “hate against majority allowed” rules, makes them even vaguer
Reddit quickly retreated after backlash. But now its rules are so open-ended they are open to wide interpretation.
Twitter sued for allegedly conspiring with Saudi Arabia government to shut down dissenting voices
This isn’t the first time Twitter has been accused of this.
Google thwarts publishers’ attempts to increase user-privacy and cut Google’s dominance
It’s Google’s way or the highway.
Chinese opera singer censored online for “image violations” for looking like President Xi Jinping
His “TikTok” account keeps getting locked.
Hong Kong braces in the face of China’s new so-called “security” law
Censorship incoming.
Tokyo court rules Twitter doesn’t need to delete information on citizens’ criminal history
A man wanted his arrest history scrubbed from Twitter.
“Racist” TikTok video gets student expelled from Hardin-Simmons University
Colleges are increasingly taking a tough stance against students’ social media posts.
College student will face terrorist threat charges over “snowflakes” Snapchat post, after dismissal rejected
The extreme case won’t be dropped.
Chinese bank got two Western companies to install tax software that has secret backdoor, researchers say
China is increasingly accused of spying.
MembersThe Mastercard and Visa duopoly is fast becoming the biggest threat to alternative tech
? Payment processors are trying to crush up-and-coming platforms just as they’re getting started.
Dick Masterson says Patreon alternative New Project 2 is closing after getting blacklisted by Mastercard
NP2 is closing after just 18 months.