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Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election.

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‘I just like to keep my personal life separate’: TikToker says job interviewers asked why they couldn’t find her social media accounts

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TikToker gets in trouble on a flight for going live on social media and gets flamed in the comments

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‘That is not an official CIA account’: Trump’s social media platform is filled with fake government profiles

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Viola Stefanello is a Milan-based journalist covering tech and culture for Italian newspaper Il Post. Her work has also been published in Wired and Rolling Stone among others.

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Trump’s new social media site collapses after trolls flood it before launch

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