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 willing to sacrifice user engagement for censorship
In the UK alone, Facebook engagement dropped 38% in the last year.
Many Twitter users want to opt out of the new redesign
Twitter’s recent design changes haven’t gone over well with all users.
Facebook’s FTC fine lets it off for all past privacy violations – even those never made public
When all things are considered a $5 billion fine isn’t such a big deal.
Twitter says it will show you the “best” tweets at the top, after “improving search”
Twitter wants to take a hands-on approach to what it thinks you want to see.
YouTube destroys the income of popular independent creator Sir Spooks
Sir Spooks is the latest YouTube channel to be hit by YouTube’s new adpocalypse.
Senior Google engineer says Google shows CNN for 20 percent of searches for “Donald Trump”
The Google engineer thinks Google’s algorithms are biased.
Senior Google engineer says Google is “very politically biased”
Greg Coppola says Americans must grapple with the problem of tech bias before it completely undermines democracy.
Attorney General William Barr says people will just have to get used to encryption backdoors
The proposal will weaken security for all citizens.
Irish journalist Gemma O’Doherty continues to protest outside Google offices after being censored by YouTube
O’Doherty has criticized YouTube for removing her content and for targeted censorship.
Tech company Atlassian to review staff based on “heart and balance”, less emphasis on skills and results
The company has four values: “Open company, no bullshit; Don’t f**k the customer; Play, as a team; Be the change you seek; and, Build with heart and balance.”
IRS announces incentives for users of Google-backed personal DNA analysis company 23andMe
The IRS is offering a tax break to people who share their DNA with 23andMe.
Former Facebook security exec: it’s completely reasonable to assume China has infiltrated US tech companies
People laughed when Peter Thiel made the claim. Now other experts are saying it too.