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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.

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AJ Dellinger is a seasoned technology writer whose work has appeared in Digital Trends, International Business Times, and Newsweek. In 2018, he joined Gizmodo as the nights and weekend editor.

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Elon Musk kicked off his ‘free speech’ crusade by firing Twitter’s biggest free speech advocate

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Jordan Peterson is releasing a ‘free speech’ alternative to Patreon called Thinkspot

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Milo Yiannopoulos’s latest online venture will make lives of progressives ‘a living hell’

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Killing Reddit’s most hateful subreddits won’t exterminate its troll problem

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Elon Musk’s X blocked a First Amendment nonprofit from running ads—then reversed course without telling them

Elon Musk kicked off his ‘free speech’ crusade by firing Twitter’s biggest free speech advocate

Jordan Peterson is releasing a ‘free speech’ alternative to Patreon called Thinkspot

The lawsuit that could kill Encyclopedia Dramatica

Milo Yiannopoulos’s latest online venture will make lives of progressives ‘a living hell’

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