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]
The EU wants Facebook to censor content worldwide, not just within the EU
The EU is up to its usual tricks.
Sheriff’s deputy is being sued after arresting a man because of a Facebook post
The man was arrested for a Facebook post in which he criticized the deputy. The ACLA argues that it’s within the man’s First Amendment rights.
Apple has started censoring Chinese language podcasts in China
Apple appears to be doing all it can to have a good relationship with China.
Is Apple backing away from its strict rules on what apps it lets into the App Store – or from its strict focus on user privacy and data protection? Or from both?
Apple backs off to avoid anti-trust investigations but is it now putting privacy at risk.
Australian journalist Annika Smethurst reported on the Australian government’s invasive spying on its own people. As a result, her home was raided by police
Australia has been criticized for its heavy-handed approach in recent years.
TrueCaller has been accused of an egregious privacy violation by an investigative journalist who was put at risk
The app allows users to tag numbers, exposing the information of those who need to remain anonymous for their own safety.
Netflix is actively trying to get pirate sites blocked by ISPs
ISPs are increasingly being used as tools of censorship.
UK’s Foreign Secretary says “defend the press” days after supporting locking up journalists
It took just three days for the UK minister to make completely contradictory statements.
Twitter acquires Fabula AI, a company that says it can detect “fake news” in milliseconds
Twitter’s AI-powered censorship is stepping up its game.
Telegram founder Pavel Durov is determined to make an internet that can’t be censored
The Telegram Open Network will be an interesting project to watch.
freeCodeCamp liberates itself from the clutches of Medium
Brands are starting to take a stand and go independent.
A new study dramatically suggests Twitter “erodes your intelligence”
Twitter gets blamed for being “a tool of misinformation and hate”.