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 deals a massive blow to cryptocurrency community, calls it “harmful or dangerous”, mass deletes videos
YouTube made no announcement that this was coming and quietly dealt the blow as people were wound down for Christmas.
YouTuber Omi in a Hellcat has assets confiscated
Even his thumb drivers we confiscated.
Telegram is growing, especially in authoritarian countries
When censorship rises, so does Telegram.
Cloudflare ordered to reveal identity behind pirate site
A subpoena has been issued.
ToTok app removed from app stores after accusations of being front for UAE mass surveillance
Reports call the app a “spy tool”.
“Lifetime” licenses to Cerberus anti theft app for Android are expiring and complaints are being censored
It’s being reported that the company didn’t think it would last much longer when they offered “lifetime” licenses.
Tucker Carlson slams “conservative” think tanks “pandering to tech elite”
Carlson criticizes their stance on big tech.
Teachers in Hong Kong threatened with suspension for “hate speech” online
The authoritarian crack down on “hate speech” has reached Hong Kong.
YouTuber MysteryGuitarMan has video blocked when news network claims his video as theirs
YouTube isn’t responding.
Journalists contact Golden Globes bosses after Ricky Gervais’ response to “trans woman” parody account
“They want to create a dogma with its own blasphemy laws and the ‘fatwah’ of labelling people bigots to shut them down, ostracise them and even have them fired,” Gervais said.
2019 was a low point for YouTube and demoralizing for creators and the community
There are no signs things will be better in 2020.
Comcast’s Sky is behind the Google takedown of many IPTV sites
The company is even using trademarks as the reason for the takedowns.