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]
Chinese companies added to US blacklist for violating rights of Uighur Muslims
Among the companies prominently targeted in these latest US policy moves are SenseTime and Megvii.
The Trump Administration is invoking Section 230 protection clause for social platforms in trade deals
The goal of this seems to be to protect US tech companies’ business abroad from lawsuits.
Warner Brothers hides original Batwoman trailers to hide severe negative criticism and downvotes
The studio’s original trailer, released back in May, is now no longer available.
Adobe revokes access to customers in Venezuela but won’t refund them
Adobe will not only revoke your license later this month – but the good old behemoth won’t even reimburse you.
British Liberal Democrats party collecting personal data on “every voter in the country”
Pat Walshe of Privacy Matters digital rights group said he struggled to understand what legal basis the party had for its actions.
Twitter’s pro-vaccine “search nudge” arrives in Ireland
Twitter is partnering with Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE) to implement a proactive tool giving its users “credible public health information.”
Sahar Tabar is the latest Iranian to be arrested for dress code violations on Instagram
Reports are putting the arrest in the context of Iran’s strict internet and real-world censorship.
California wants to ban deepfakes within 60 days of an election
Many who support the legislation talk about the danger deepfakes present to celebrities and politicians who might be discredited.
Reddit is about to further censor its communities to attract advertisers
Only time will tell to how far this policy will go and how much it will hurt communities to increase profit.
Facebook won’t say why articles critical of Mark Zuckerberg mysteriously disappeared
Facebook’s silence isn’t causing some people to believe they did it on purpose.
Contradicting their recent history, Facebook VP Nick Clegg says they don’t want to police the internet
That will come as a surprise to many who have had their pages or accounts suspended or banned.
Twitch will quietly disable the ability to comment on VODs on November 12
Not only this, but existing comments will also disappear.