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]
BBC accused of hinting to young people not to bother voting – on eve of voting registration closing
The BBC is accused of bias – this time in the other direction than it’s used to.
Duke University study: Russia likely had no significant effect on US social media during 2016 election
Here’s a story you’re not likely to see picked by by mainstream outlets.
Facebook says this book about historical military headwear is “too political”, won’t let it be promoted
Facebook wouldn’t let the book be advertised.
Apple Maps caves and lists Crimea as part of The Russian Federation
Russia has been putting pressure on Apple.
Larry Sanger outlines Encyclosphere, a decentralized encyclopedia without the gatekeeping of Wikipedia
Sanger has a solution to the problems with Wikipedia.
Europol: Telegram is doing a better job at tackling Islamic State terrorists than Google and Instagram
Telegram received praise from the agency.
Joy Behar: Facebook’s biggest crime is “spreading hate speech”
Behar agreed with comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s call to censor social media.
First result of Singapore’s new “fake news” law was political censorship, of course
Who could have guessed?
European Commission severely criticizes France’s impossible “hate speech” laws, freezes the bill
The bill is dead on arrival.
Amsterdam District Court orders Google to remove negative reviews
An interesting case out of The Netherlands.
Influencer site Kit moves to .co domain after previous owners owners only leased the .com
Kit don’t know for how long the domain will be redirected.
When the internet is cut off, protestors find it hard to rely on bitcoin
Iran and Hong Kong have both experienced recent shutdowns.