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Katherine Huggins is a New York-based journalist and freelance contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s tech and politics section.

Katherine Huggins

Left: Photo of actress Edi Patterson from her Instagram; Right: Screenshot of Edi Patterson's Instagram post describing her mother's medical situation; Caption: Instagram caption from Edi Patterson "Let's see if they make this one immediately disappear from my grid too.

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‘Righteous Gemstones’ star says Instagram deleted her posts calling out UnitedHealthcare for denying a claim

Hope Talbot is a freelance journalist currently based in New York City. Her work has appeared in The Daily Express, Euronews, and Bristol24/7, to name a few.

Hope Talbot

2 panel image: Donald Trump in a red haze on the left, on the right, the TikTok logo.

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‘Propaganda arm’: TikTok search glitch stokes fear over Trump’s new alliance with tech titans

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‘Worse than banning it’: TikTok gags over news Musk might buy it

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‘Never forgive and never go back’: Trump fans aren’t buying Zuckerberg’s new ‘free speech’ push

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TikTok repeatedly deleted creator’s video of ‘I heart Hamas’ graffiti clean-up

RFK Jr. fans flock to his new platform for reporting social media censorship

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‘Only like is my wife’: RFK Jr. launches site for boomer Facebook fans to bemoan their posts getting no love

Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

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Could Ian Miles Cheong’s pro-Israel tweets land him in a Malaysian jail?

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Vivek Ramaswamy accuses YouTube of using ‘censorship to rig an election’ after influencer he did interview with gets ban

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‘The podcast Facebook doesn’t want you to hear’: Facebook blocks people from sharing podcasts discussing Israel-Palestine war

Kunwar Khuldune Shahid is a journalist and commentator. He’s the Pakistan correspondent for The Diplomat. His work has been featured in Guardian, Independent, Foreign Policy, BBC, Spectator, Haaretz, Arab News, Daily Beast, Courrier International, Le Monde, Charlie Hebdo, Vox, MIT Technology Review, among other publications

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‘They are deleting our images’: Chinese protesters detail digital censorship, VPN struggles as fight over COVID lockdowns grows

Claire Goforth is a lawyer and the investigative editor of the Daily Dot&#8217;s Hi-Res division. Her work has appeared in the Guardian, Al Jazeera, the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, and more. She regularly appears on radio and in podcasts. Email for booking info.

Claire Goforth

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‘The point was not to be censored’: Trump’s social media platform makes heavy-handed moderation choices, alienating his base

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

Mikael Thalen

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A TikTok troll is testing Truth Social’s appetite for free speech—and getting suspended for it

Ellen Ioanes is the FOIA reporter at the Daily Dot, where she covers U.S. politics. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School, and her work has appeared in the Guardian, the Center for Public Integrity, HuffPost India, and more.

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Laura Loomer is the latest conservative firebrand claiming to be banned from Facebook (updated)

Efe Kerem Sözeri is a Turkish freelance researcher who lives in the Netherlands. After studying political science in Istanbul, he moved to Amsterdam to study migrants&#8217; political behavior. Besides his academic work, he regularly writes on internet freedom and censorship in Turkey.

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Turkey uses emergency decree to shut down internet on 11 Kurdish cities to ‘prevent protests’

Jay Hathaway is a former senior writer who specialized in internet memes and weird online culture. He previously served as the Daily Dot’s news editor, was a staff writer at Gawker, and edited the classic websites Urlesque and Download Squad. His work has also appeared on nymag.com, suicidegirls.com, and the Morning News.

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Kid needs permission slip to read ‘Fahrenheit 451,’ his dad’s response is brilliant

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