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]
Judge recognizes dominant nature of Twitch, cap on amount of damages banned streamer can claim is lifted
The ruling could pave the way for helping other streamers and creators in pushing back against platforms.
Recent “mainsplain” tweet incident shows how media whip up woke outrage for clicks
A single tweet that got little attention was enough for the media to drag out across news articles and TV shows to whip up outrage.
Browser extension Pink-Out trolls the trademark trolls
The extension raises awareness of an important topic in a light-hearted way.
Comedian Pete Davidson makes audience sign NDA that they won’t criticize his performance on social media
You can watch but you can’t talk about it.
Student says he can access celebrity iCloud accounts but Apple won’t pay enough of a bug bounty for the info
The student has previously been rewarded by Apple for finding bugs.
Russia blocks stock photo site Shutterstock
Russia’s heavy-handed approach hits the stock photo industry.
Julian Assange’s mom slams US Justice Department for accessing Google account of Assange supporter
Christine Assange hit back on Twitter.
The Guardian allegedly tried to take down a parody account with a DMCA notice, Streisand effect ensues
#TrollingTheGuardian is a thing now.
New Zealand police shut down gun buyback scheme website after privacy fears
37,000 citizens’ data was leaked.
YouTube admits censoring hundreds of Trump campaign videos
Google/YouTube have taken down 300+ Trump ads. It’s not clear what the reasons were.
Minds Pro gives creators an easy way to get paid and build an online presence
Minds have added a bunch of new features.
Singapore’s new “fake news” law is mandating Facebook censorship as far as in Australia
Facebook is only half complying and has instead added a “label” to the post instead of correcting it.