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Christine Friar is a writer and editor in New York who focuses on streaming entertainment and internet culture. Her work has appeared in the Awl, the Fader, New York Magazine, Paper Magazine, Vogue, Elle, and more.

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Alex Jones over phone that has Infowars on it

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Watch Alex Jones cry over Trump’s decision to bomb Syria

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Islamic State makes desperate call for attacks on the West, as Mosul stronghold falls

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This designer turned a college project into functional clothing for refugees

Dell Cameron was a reporter at the Daily Dot who covered security and politics. In 2015, he revealed the existence of an American hacker on the U.S. government&#8217;s terrorist watchlist. He is a co-author of the Sabu Files, an award-nominated investigation into the FBI&#8217;s use of cyber-informants. He became a staff writer at Gizmodo in 2017.

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WikiLeaks release excludes evidence of €2 billion transfer from Syria to Russia

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Does this 13-year-old ‘Simpsons’ episode prove that the U.S. is behind the Arab Spring?

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This heartbreaking photo of a Syrian child isn’t what it seems

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The old Nigerian scam gets a Syrian reboot

Lorraine Murphy is an Ottawa-based cybersecurity journalist and founding editor of the Cryptosphere. She has a keen interest in WikiLeaks and web culture, and her bylines have appeared in Salon, Vanity Fair, Serious Eats, and elsewhere.

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#OpSyria explains the motivation behind a major new hack

A former senior politics reporter for the Daily Dot, Kevin Collier focuses on privacy, cybersecurity, and issues of importance to the open internet. Since leaving the Daily Dot in March 2016, he has served as a reporter for Vocativ and a cybersecurity correspondent for BuzzFeed.

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The Syrian Electronic Army is ready for its close-up

Patrick Howell O&#8217;Neill is a notable cybersecurity reporter whose work has focused on the dark net, national security, and law enforcement. A former senior writer at the Daily Dot, O&#8217;Neill joined CyberScoop in October 2016.
I am a cybersecurity journalist at CyberScoop. I cover the security industry, national security and law enforcement.

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Why the Syrian uprising is the first social media war

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Anonymous isn’t ready to publish the identities of the Syrian Electronic Army—yet

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