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 severely limits its “Open Graph” feature in the face of privacy concerns
Many investigators and journalists used to make good use of the feature.
Have I been Pwned, the popular security service, will be sold to a new owner
It’s not yet known who the service will be sold to.
Google outspends all of its rivals in lobbying efforts
Google is the biggest tech giant in terms of lobbying spending.
The Washington Post and The Guardian are now banned in China
China’s censorship escalates.
In the face of censorship complaints, Google’s CEO weighs in on YouTube moderation, calls it “a hard societal problem”
YouTube is currently facing harsh criticism for its censorship and demonetization of its creators.
G20 finance ministers set their sights on big tech’s tax avoidance
The IMF suggests that tax laws are outdated and don’t take into consideration the rise of big tech companies.
Firefox may introduce a paid version in order to reduce its reliance on Google revenue
Mozilla makes most of its money from Google and it wants to change that.
A copyright complaint from Amazon caused this website to lose its domain
EuroDNS suspended the domain.
Brave, Opera, and Vivaldi vow to continue to allow ad blockers, even after Google Chrome stops
Many were wondering what would happen to other chromium browsers after the Chrome changes. Here’s the answer.
Yes, European internet traffic was routed through China for a couple of hours – but it happens all the time
Some journalists made a big deal about this – not knowing that it’s common.
Judge rules lawsuit about Google’s biased internal culture against conservatives can move to the discovery phase
Lawyer Harmeet K. Dhillon celebrated the win.
The SPLC is being caught up in the Vox-triggered adpocalypse
The SPLC are learning what it’s like to be on the receiving end of the censorship they’ve so often campaigned for.