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Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

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A mom took a mask off her asthmatic toddler on a flight—they were met by police at the gate

Tricia Crimmins is a Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

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‘I’m being harassed’: TikToker says she was kicked off Alaska Airlines flight for wearing crop top

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

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‘You people disgust me’: Spirit Airlines employee shares piles of trash left on flight in viral TikTok

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‘I gave y’all ten years of my life’: Southwest Airlines employee delivers impassioned quitting speech in viral TikTok

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Video: Mother-daughter Karen duo delays Southwest flight after demanding other passengers give up their seats

Moises Mendez II is a recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He is a freelance journalist based in New York City writing about everything from music to LGBTQ issues.

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‘No one can tell me where they are’: American Airlines loses TikToker’s 2 cats (updated)

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‘I can’t think of a better solution’: TikToker’s tactic to getting foot off his armrest on plane lauded

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‘I’d suggest Spirit’: American Airlines employee refers ‘Karen’ to different airline after she allegedly called one of his workers a ‘b*tch’ (updated)

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Viral TikTok shows woman sobbing after Delta allegedly broke her wheelchair (updated)

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Woman forced to cover up with pilot’s shirt after outfit was allegedly deemed ‘lewd’ by airline staff

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NAACP warns Black passengers not to fly American Airlines

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Southwest Airlines apologizes after forcibly removing passenger from flight

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United Airlines reaches settlement with doctor violently removed from plane

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United Airlines under fire for kicking teen with autism off a flight

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