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]
Basecamp CTO calls for the break up of Google
Heinemeier Hansson described Google as a monopoly.
Germany plans law to tackle “right-wing extremism”, force Facebook, Gmail and more to hand over passwords
Digital rights groups have slammed the idea for throwing basic values “overboard.”
Civil liberties groups defend anonymous parody Twitter accounts against Devin Nunes lawsuit
The groups say the First Amendment protects the accounts.
Twitter to expand its “Trust and Safety Council”
The expanded team comes into effect in January.
Offended rivals and Twitter users try to cancel new game Reality Check: The Game of Privilege
Those outraged didn’t seem to notice the irony considering what the game was highlighting.
Google prevents some Linux users from signing into its services
Redditors noticed the issue.
Twitter plans “a level playing field” for the elections but won’t reinstate the candidates it banned
Twitter will tag election candidates but won’t allow all candidates to take part on the platform.
Reddit tests forcing mobile users to sign in to browse
Early reactions are exactly as you would imagine.
UK Labour voters surprised to learn Twitter doesn’t reflect reality
Digital echo chambers have been realized.
Greece proposes “war on cash”, forcing citizens to spend at least 30 percent of their income electronically
The centralization of spending could be forced.
Facebook ordered to reinstate Page of controversial Italian political group
The court ruled that Facebook “excluded or extremely limited it from the Italian political debate.”
Reddit tests “crowd control”, a feature that lets mods suppress comments and opinions from outsiders
Some may dub it “echo chamber” mode.