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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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Simone Fontana is an Italian freelance journalist covering disinformation, online communities, and digital issues.

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Italy is leading the fight against AI—and could prompt EU-wide action

Sabah Gurmat is a freelance journalist presently based in Mumbai, India. She has been writing primarily on issues of law, human rights, and the intersection of tech with civil liberties.

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

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Assh*le Twitter users are barging into Mastodon and demanding it stop being so polite

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India is creating a ‘surveillance segregation’ state by tracking lower-caste workers

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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