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Trump’s 2013 tweet about ‘best friend’ Putin goes viral after debate

How a drug cartel used encryption and a fake website to launder millions

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.

Efe Kerem Sozeri

Why RedHack challenges Turkey’s political establishment

Culture

Dozens of police-spying tools remain after Facebook, Twitter crack down on Geofeedia

Aaron Sankin is a former Senior Staff Writer at the Daily Dot who covered the intersection of politics, technology, online privacy, Twitter bots, and the role of dank memes in popular culture. He lives in Seattle, Washington. He joined the Center for Investigative Reporting in 2016.

Aaron Sankin

How a video game about sheep exposes the FBI’s broken FOIA system

Warren Buffett reduces Donald Trump’s tax argument to rubble

Trump posts message of support to Reddit, prompting massive online vote-rigging

Police documents reveal how law enforcement keep Stingray use secret

3 arrested for allegedly smuggling military-grade electronics to Russia

This fake tweet keeps convincing people Tim Kaine is in an open marriage

Encryption app Signal wins fight against FBI subpoena and gag order

Trump once promised his daughter, 17, he wouldn’t date anyone younger than her

RedHack leaks reveal the rise of Turkey’s pro-government Twitter trolls

Andrew Couts is the former editor of Layer 8, a section dedicated to the intersection of the Internet and the state—and the gaps in between. Prior to the Daily Dot, Couts served as features editor and features writer for Digital Trends, associate editor of TheWeek.com, and associate editor at Maxim magazine. When he’s not working, Couts can be found hiking with his German shepherds or blasting around on motorcycles.

Andrew Couts

4chan and Reddit bombarded debate polls to declare Trump the winner

After massive Yahoo hack, a new way to think about security questions

Politics