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]
YouTube CEO responds to congress, working hard to “protect people from misinformation”
Susan Wojcicki thanks Adam Schiff for his “partnership.”
Apparently, internet archives are a villain, preventing activists from fully censoring content they object to
Spare a thought for the censor who spends all day trying to get content censored online, only to realize it’s already been archived.
Scotland’s SNP proposes new law that would deal a massive blow to free speech
..and fuel the oppression Olympics like never before.
Online outrage mobs are replacing peer-reviewed scientific papers
Due process is being shelved and activists complaining online are causing papers to get retracted.
The ADL is coming for gamers
When organizations become increasingly irrelevant, they have to create new enemies in order to stay funded.
Mainstream publishers not only want Big Tech to send them traffic, they want Big Tech to pay them too
As if we don’t already have too much of a symbiotic relationship between mainstream media and Big Tech.
Australia Supreme Court rules Google is a publisher, orders them to pay $40,000 in damages
The ruling was made as part of a pseudo “right to be forgotten” case.
YouTube copyright system accused of enabling doxxing, leading to alleged threats to creator
YouTube’s copyright system is open to abuse.
Sony is abusing copyright systems to takedown content of people just talking about The Last of Us 2 leaks
The way social media platforms handle copyright notices is severely lacking and Sony is taking advantage of it.
Activists create “No Pixels for Fascists” campaign, maligning gamers and YouTubers as fascist enablers
The campaign is supported by EA and others.
YouTube: strict coronavirus misinformation policy applies to even the comment section and leaders of nations
YouTube will delete anyone who goes against their rules.
UK counter-terrorism office warns parents to watch out for kids engaging in coronavirus conspiracies
Coronavirus conspiracies can lead to terrorism, apparently.