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]
Trudeau’s Online Speech Monitoring
The government contracted a third-party tool to monitor speech.
Florida Digital ID: DeSantis Signs Online Age Verification Law
New online privacy concerns.
Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf Supports Police Recording “Non-Crime Hate Incidents”
Secretive speech reporting systems.
Google Is Ordered To Identify Who Watched Certain YouTube Videos
A massively overreaching and broad order.
Spain Reverses Telegram Block, But Users Are Alarmed About Overreach
The ban has been reversed, but not before causing alarm.
Fujitsu Set To Win UK Digital ID Contract Despite Past Failures
A controversial decision, considering the pushback against digital ID and Fujitsu’s history with government contracts.
Google Threatens to Restricts Ads on Popular Economics Site Naked Capitalism
Seemingly algorithmic censorship pressure.
MembersShadow Games: Questioning America’s Battle Against “Foreign Disinformation” in the Upcoming Election
The escalation of censorship mechanisms that often end up censoring US citizens.
Judge Dismisses X Lawsuit Against Pro-Censorship Group
The judge ruled that the case has no merit.
Washington Post Backs State Department’s Global Engagement Center Amid Censorship Controversies
The entity has flagged social media posts for censorship and has been sued for its promotion of censorship technology.
EU To Start Fining Platforms up to 6% of Global Revenue if They Fail To Censor Election “Disinformation” Under New Censorship Law
Punishing platforms for not censoring enough.
How the EU Plans to Regulate Online Influencers Towards “Responsible” Online Speech and Conduct
The EU wants to “educate” them about what it says is their “responsibility” regarding the “potential impact” of sharing mis- and disinformation, “hate speech,” and more.