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]
Canadian lawmakers are furious about Zuckerberg and Sandberg’s snub
The Canadian Parliament is reluctantly willing to give Zuckerberg and Sandberg one last chance.
Angela Merkel’s successor says she will “aggressively” clamp down on free speech
Germany can’t seem to shake off its history.
Advertising is a major source of human dissatisfaction, new report shows
However, maybe it’s not advertising but consumerism that disappoints people.
European ISPs are ignoring net neutrality laws, new report shows
ISPs are using something called “deep packet inspection”
Google is not letting YouTube function on Microsoft Edge, another examples of Google’s hostility to open standards
It’s not the first time Google hasn’t played nice with other browsers.
GitHub Sponsors will help to fund open source projects
Developers believe that GitHub’s new sponsorship feature will help open source project flourish.
Anti-censorship rally is set to take place at Facebook’s annual shareholder meeting
People are annoyed at Facebook’s rampant censorship and they want their voice to be heard.
New Zealand could be kicked out of the Five Eyes after it’s revealed Jacinda Ardern’s party receives funding from China’s Communists
Jacinda Ardern’s party says accepting donations from China is “completely legal”.
Is the .io domain name going away? Not likely
The favorite domain name of the modern startup was thought to be under threat after a UN vote. But the vote’s not that important.
German minister, Horst Seehofer, wants to decrypt your private messages
The battle against end-to-end encryption continues.
Big Tech is easily evading GDPR laws
GDPR hasn’t had the impact that many thought that it would have.
Poland files a complaint with the EU’s top court over online censorship concerns
Poland is concerned that the EU’s unpopular copyright rules will cause an increase in censorship.