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]
Singapore is the latest country to use the pretense of “fake news” to implement censorship
The new law looks to be designed to “shoot first and ask questions later.”
Paying for news doesn’t necessarily stop tracking, in fact you may be tracked even more
Some of the biggest media organizations in the world seem determined to have their tracking cookies, and eat your data and your money, too: namely, they are revealed to be collecting both subscription fees, and personal data from their readers.
The EU’s Terrorist Content Regulation law is its latest badly-thought-out disaster
Some are suggesting, at this point, the EU should perhaps leave this internet, and “build its own.”
Conservative commentator suddenly Faith Goldy banned from Airbnb
Social media and tech companies big and small have of late discovered a blunt tool called “deplatforming,” and they like to use it.
Conservatives call on tech giants to cut ties with the biased and disgraced SPLC
Bozell argues the group is extremely biased, abusing the powerful status and role given to it by these companies to silence political and ideological opponents, rather than promote fair and responsible speech.
Germany rules to incriminate parents for their kids’ online piracy or music, movies tv and more
The court then ruled that telling the truth and trying to protect an under-age family member would cost them 3,900 euros.
Facebook paid The Daily Telegraph to publish positive articles about itself
While Business Insider calls reaching for “sponsored content” a “novel solution” – it really isn’t
Facebook wants the password to your email account
“To continue using Facebook, you’ll need to confirm your email (…)” and then asking for their email password in a separate box underneath.
France shoots itself in the foot, gets blocked on Twitter because of their own dumb “fake news” law
Facebook and Google are reported to have already complied with the law by updating their services in France – but not Twitter.
“Giant copyright troll” Getty Images is being sued for trying to copyright public domain images
But beyond this, Getty is accused of selling non-existing public domain copyright licenses – with the goal of convincing customers “into thinking the company owns the copyrights of all images it sells.”
How there’s a chance Article 13 could still be stopped
Much hope hinges on Sweden and Germany.
How to see what your social media and browsing habits know about your psychology
The launch of a new tool means that those internet users eager to find out, in great depth and detail, how “others” see them.