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]
Charles Koch and George Soros team up with Patreon, Mozilla, Pinterest and more to stamp out “hate” online
The likes of the Koch brothers, have in the past, been accused of using their vast fortune to influence US politics, and they are now involving themselves in influencing the internet, as well, by ensuring it is more strictly policed for unwanted content. A broad alliance is being formed in the
Sudan has cut off access to the internet in order to squash protests
It follows a recent trend of trying to governments censoring protests using the internet.
After previously banning cryptocurrency ads, Facebook is set to announce its own cryptocurrency
Facebook’s cryptocurrency is set to launch next week.
ThinkSpot is an upcoming communication platform that wants to be the “intellectual playground for censorship-free discourse”
A new platform is launching in response to the mass censorship and demonetization issues that have recently plagued the internet.
French politician Marine Le Pen could face up to three years in jail for sharing images of terrorist atrocities as a means to condemn them
Le Pen obviously wasn’t supporting the terrorist activity – she was sharing it to make a point about the extent of the atrocities. However, the matter is now in the hands of the courts.
CERN want to see if it can operate with mostly open source software to “take back control”
The move is mostly driven by the costs of using Microsoft services but it could have other implications too.
Puffin Browser for iOS to shut down next month, the latest company to criticize Apple’s monopolistic App Store practices
The company says Apple won’t let them update their app so they’re going to close it down.
Austrian Supreme Court rules: Facebook must face privacy lawsuit
Facebook tried to block the lawsuit.
British spy agency exposed for “extraordinary, persistent illegality” in mass spying protocols
Human rights organization Liberty took Mi5 to task for acting without overreach.
Canada gives its military the power to spy on citizens
In the past, it was considered unheard of for a nation state to spy on its own citizens. These days, it happens all the time.
Wikipedia administrator and editor has been banned from Wikipedia amongst criticism of the foundation
The recent conversation about censorship is now applying to what’s happening over at Wikipedia too.
New report reveals how Spotify monetizes data about users’ moods
In depth info about how Spotify makes extra money from its users’ habits have been revealed.