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The Daily Dot

<p>Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.</p>


Mikael Thalen

Biden trolls Swift-Kelce ‘psyop’ believers after Chiefs Super Bowl win—as Trump pleads with duo to endorse him instead

Biden can’t stop saying he talked about Jan. 6 with world leaders who all died before Jan. 6

Anti-vaxxers are jealous King Charles gets to treat his cancer with ‘herbs and potions’

Hand holding phone with midjourney app open over abstract background

Midjourney wants people to flag inappropriate AI art—it’s banning researchers who do just that

‘Mr. Carlson is not correct’: Kremlin fact-checks Tucker on ‘interview’ claim harder than Fox News ever did

‘Respectfully sir, No!’: Trump begs supporters to forgive Bud Light—but they’re refusing to back down

Taylor Swift’s team threatens legal action against college student tracking her private jet

Spate of high-profile cancer diagnoses, deaths prompts conspiratorial fear-mongering over vaccine-induced ‘turbo cancer’

A fake Taylor Swift post about Trump is duping people

Donald Trump ridiculed after saying everyone thinks he looks like Elvis

Does Trump look like Elvis?

‘This is what they’ll do if you step out of line’: Trump fans claim Killer Mike arrested for refusing to endorse Biden

From bike fails to ice cream cones, a Joe Biden meme for every moment

X is the only social media platform I experience antisemitism on

Mark Cuban says X is ‘impossible’ to use, shares barrage of daily antisemitism his account gets

Christian conservatives outraged as man who toppled ‘Satanic’ statue in Iowa charged with hate crime

‘Perfect Democrat Patsy’: A gruesome YouTube murder by a Biden hater is being dubbed a false flag to push a crackdown on militias