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Lindsey is a Seattle area writer interested in all things society, including internet culture, politics, and mental health. Outside of the Daily Dot, her work can be found in publications such as The Mary Sue, Truthout, and YES! Magazine.

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Screenshot of Tiktok user @te_erika in front of a photo of Onijah Robinson in Pakistan; Screenshot of Onijah Robinson from a press conference in Pakistan; Screenshot of Tiktok user @shey.luh in front of a detailed whiteboard ; A screenshot of a tweet from user @DefiantLs that reads "NY woman allegedly flown to Pakistan to meet and marry a teenager. She now wants $100,000 from the government after the teen’s parents objected."

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Everyone’s obsessed with Onijah Robinson, the American woman who flew to Pakistan to meet her teen lover, got dumped, and held a press conference demanding $100K

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Inside the global 'ghost worker' industry that's taking American jobs

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EXCLUSIVE: Inside the global ghost worker industry that’s taking thousands of American tech jobs

Anmol is a Muslim Pakistani freelance journalist and the founder of Perspective Magazine. Her work focuses on global gender justice movements, education, culture, and more, with a particular focus on Pakistani narratives

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Disinformation campaign threatens rights of Pakistan’s trans community

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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‘The internet is not safe for us’: Atheists are afraid online as Pakistan violently cracks down on digital blasphemy

Pakistan

Everyone’s obsessed with Onijah Robinson, the American woman who flew to Pakistan to meet her teen lover, got dumped, and held a press conference demanding $100K

EXCLUSIVE: Inside the global ghost worker industry that’s taking thousands of American tech jobs

Disinformation campaign threatens rights of Pakistan’s trans community

‘The internet is not safe for us’: Atheists are afraid online as Pakistan violently cracks down on digital blasphemy

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