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]
Putin wants to replace Wikipedia in Russia
After closing off the Russian internet, Putin wants to ensure there are Russian-based alternatives in the country.
Netflix says it supports “artistic freedom worldwide” but won’t rethink its Saudi Arabia censorship
The company says it picks its battles.
How to disclose sponsors – FTC produces guidelines on how online influencers can avoid breaking the law
Phrases such as “spon” or “collab” are not allowed.
Tony Blair says it’s time to make Facebook and Google public utilities
The former British PM has weighed in on the debate.
Doctors and nurses raise the alarm on Facebook’s WhatsApp being used to transmit patient medical information
Doctors and nurses routinely use the service to converse with other staff about patients.
Facebook tests asking users to scan their face for verification
What could go wrong?
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki met secretly with Irish Prime Minister to discuss content “moderation”
Wojcicki wanted to assure the PM that she was doing all she could to tackle “hate speech” on the platform.
Chinese-owned news apps are dominating the US app store, dwarfing both CNN and Reddit combined
At a time when controversy over news censorship and rising tensions with China, Chinese news apps are dominating the US App Store.
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone ruminates on why Twitter even exists
“We never articulated a purpose statement for Twitter. Why does Twitter exist? There was no answer.”
Elizabeth Warren’s “Meme Team” highlight how much Democrats struggle to understand the art of memes
The Democrats don’t appear to understand the rebellious nature, spontaneity, and creativity that make memes work.
Facebook warned the Indian government about WhatsApp spyware, but they didn’t pay attention
India said it was “pure technical jargon” about a technical vulnerability “and had nothing to do with the fact that the privacy of Indian users had been compromised,” the authorities said.