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]
Apple News notification spam is becoming a real problem
Users have noticed too many Apple News notifications, many of which aren’t relevant.
This is the golden age of podcasts, but the open standard is under threat
Podcasting’s a medium that democratizes the space by providing access to everyone.
UK IPS don’t like that Google is about to make censoring more difficult for them
The new encrypted DNS technology in Chrome could make it harder for service providers to block websites.
Dangerous Android apps have been sucking up your WiFi passwords
Tens of thousands of the exposed Wi-Fi passwords have been for US-based networks.
Facebook won’t run ads for a political candidate, but it’s running them for her opponent
Facebook won’t run ads for a political candidate, but it’s running them for her opponent
This Spongebob meme is banned on Facebook for “hate speech”
Facebook’s upload filter is automatically punishing Facebook users for uploading a harmless Spongebob Squarepants meme.
Report: Google is threatening employees over political bias leaks
Google doesn’t want the public to know that it’s politically biased.
Journalist Laura Loomer files lawsuit against Twitter and CAIR
In the filing, Loomer’s legal representatives argue that her posts did not breach Twitter’s TOS.
The French government’s “secure” new internal messaging app is far from secure
The app, called Tchap, is the French government’s attempt to provide a more secure communication channel for its employees
Austria is determined to not let people use the internet anonymously
If you leave a comment online, the government want to know who you are.
The war against so-called “misinformation” seems to always ignore mainstream websites
The conundrum then becomes: who will guard the guards themselves?
Microsoft says it refuses to sell face recognition tech to law enforcement
Apparently, Californian police wanted to run a face scan whenever they pull someone over.