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Katherine Huggins is a New York-based journalist and freelance contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s tech and politics section.

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Conservative TikToker gets called out by soldier for demanding Army overthrow the government

Thor Benson is an independent journalist who has contributed to The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, Rolling Stone, Wired and many other publications. He is currently based in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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The dangers of Trump’s efforts to label antifa ‘terrorists’

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Russia lawmakers pass sweeping spying law that requires encryption backdoors, call surveillance

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How ISIS trains militants in online security

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The failed Bush-era policy that forced Muslims to register with the U.S. government

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