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]
Nintendo orders Google to hide modding websites from its search engine
Nintendo is notorious for going hard after mods.
TikTok accused of censorship after deleting videos by transgender users
The platform has denied the censorship.
Reddit tests forcing users to login or use the app to read content
“This community is available in the app.”
YouTube downloader websites pulled from Google after rights-holders complain
Google is complying with the requests.
Singapore orders Facebook to mark The States Times a fake news site and demonetize the outlet
The outlet says the government is punishing political dissent.
Anita Sarkeesian slams “extremely dangerous” YouTube and Joe Rogan rabbit-hole
A differing opinion is now a “rabbit hole.”
Etika’s Twitter account still suspended as fans call for it to be restored
It’s not yet clear why Twitter suspended the account of the deceased YouTuber.
eBay censors and deletes listings of t-shirts about coronavirus
Apparently, it’s against their “Disaster and Tragedy Policy,”
UK police tell parents to check if their kids use Linux or Discord because it means they could be hackers
As always, police are out of touch with these kinds of things.
SAS airlines’ suggestion that bots targeted its anti-Scandinavian culture advert is debunked
Data shows it was humans, not bots who were reacting negatively to the tone-deaf advert.
Harry the Owl is vindicated by UK court who ruled it was “chilling” police visited him after he tweeted
How Harry Miller was treated by UK police has shocked internet users around the world.
Senate Committee looks at updating DMCA for the modern era
It’s yet to be seen whether it will be made better or worse for creators.