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]
Facebook revokes API keys to scheduler marketing partner Social Report
Facebook revoked the keys to Social Report without telling the company why. All of the clients who use the tool saw their posts disappear.
Facebook wants to monitor and manage your phone’s WiFi
A code researcher has discovered the unreleased features hidden within Facebook’s app.
The Internet Archive Risks Being Blocked in Russia Over Copyright Suits
The Moscow City Court recently ruled in favor of those alleging an infringement, ordering the Internet Archive to stop allowing access to the audiobooks in question.
Seattle police set up registry to help prevent “swatting”
Seattle police sergeant and “big gamer” Sean Whitcomb came up with a solution to help prevent internet personalities being swatted.
FTC and FCC reportedly worried about Trump’s plan to “police” social media
They reportedly argue that it could lead to more censorship.
Big tech is lobbying hard against state privacy laws
Tech giants say they don’t want individual state privacy laws.
California senator wants video of him being shoved scrubbed from the internet
Facebook says the video doesn’t violate its rules.
Google appears reluctant to blame China for anti-Hong Kong protest propaganda
Does Google want to keep China close?
Evidence shows putting fact check warning on articles dramatically decreases shares
Merely putting the “fact-checked warning” on a social media post will influence people by discouraging them from sharing it.
Wikipedia sparks controversy as it appears to adopt calling ICE detention centers “concentration camps”
Wikipedia is increasingly being reconsidered as a factual unbiased source.
Dan Crenshaw: “social media and woke culture” to blame for degradation of civil discourse
Dan Crenshaw appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience to talk about social media bias and online discourse.
YouTube says it was a mistake to ban robot fight videos for “animal cruelty”
According to the company, it was a “mistake” with their AI.