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Sasha Rogelberg is a general assignment intern for the Daily Dot. Sasha is a Philadelphia-based freelance journalist and author of Inboxbox, a Formula 1 newsletter.

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Influencers are putting foster and adopted kids in the limelight—advocates are calling it exploitation

Colette Fountain is a London-based general reporting intern at the Daily Dot. She has previously written about internet culture for Insider, Refinery29 and Smithsonian

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The invisible victims of true crime content

Claire Waheed is a general assignment intern for the Daily Dot and a senior journalism student at the University of Texas at Austin. She previously wrote for entertainment site Decider.

Claire Waheed

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For influencers, online stalking is a real-life threat

Sarah Hennis was a general assignment intern at the Daily Dot and a senior journalism student at Elon University. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the Edge Magazine and has also had her work published in Mary Magazine.

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Online anonymity is a thing of the past

Audra Schroeder was a senior entertainment writer at the Daily Dot, focusing on streaming, comedy, and music. Her work has previously appeared in the Austin Chronicle, the Dallas Observer, NPR, ESPN, Bitch, and the Village Voice.

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How a ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ cover became an anthem for North Sea TikTok

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Starbucks accused of profiting from Palestinian suffering with watermelon mug. But the mug isn’t new

Tricia Crimmins is a Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

Tricia Crimmins

Goodwill Fraud

Are TikTokers lying about finding designer items at Goodwill?

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‘Trying to save his career’: Noah Schnapp’s ‘apology’ for Israel-Hamas comments gets roasted

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An out-of-context clip from Netflix’s ‘The OA’ is confusing people: ‘you had to be there to get it’

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‘This is like a “Portlandia” bit’: Woman says she was kicked out of bar for wearing fur

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‘It’s Josh o’clock somewhere’: Josh wine memes are flowing

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Why a TikTok filter telling people what mental health diagnosis they look like bolsters stigmas

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