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Diana &#8220;ladidai&#8221; Umana is a pop culture journalist based in NYC. She has her finger on the pulse URL and her feet on the ground IRL. The latest in music, lifestyle, internet culture, fashion, beauty, tech, and beyond—you name it, she knows it. Published in NYLON, Business Insider, REVOLT, and Yahoo, she&#8217;s your go-to girl for what&#8217;s now, what&#8217;s niche, and what&#8217;s next.

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‘We petty af’: Expert shows her fellow Americans how to thrive on RedNote. But is it really safe to use?

Lindsey is a Seattle area writer interested in all things society, including internet culture, politics, and mental health. Outside of the Daily Dot, her work can be found in publications such as The Mary Sue, Truthout, and YES! Magazine.

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‘I’m filled with the most impotent rage’: Americans are becoming radicalized after seeing grocery, healthcare costs in China

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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‘Worse than banning it’: TikTok gags over news Musk might buy it

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

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‘Thank you for Hawk Tuah’: TikTokers deliver heartfelt goodbyes to their ‘Chinese spy’ ahead of app ban

Originally from Texas, Douglas Lucas is based in Seattle. When not substitute teaching in public education, and not toiling away in marketing, he&#8217;s a freelance writer/journalist published at Foreign Policy, Vice, Salon, WhoWhatWhy, the Texas Observer, and several others.

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Election 2024: The future of TikTok and tech policy under Trump versus Harris

Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

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Love Is Blind D.C. in full swing as contestant’s firm accused of secret ties to China

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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.

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Republican Senator touts death threat voicemail from giggling caller over TikTok ban as evidence of danger of “Communist-Chinese aligned company”

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Senator touts death threat from giggling TikToker as evidence of ‘Communist-Chinese’ brainwashing

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Bill to ban TikTok passes 50-0 out of House committee

Leqi Zhong is a fall intern for the Hi-Res division. Besides writing about business, tech, and the internet, she enjoys road trips and watching sunsets. Leqi graduated from UC Berkeley Journalism in May 2023 and had written for CNN, Palo Alto Daily Post, Berkeleyside, and Oakland North.

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‘It’s squeezing us out of the market’: Temu has taken e-commerce by storm—but sellers say they’re paying for those low prices

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‘Who is frightened by our laughter?’: Young Chinese use Halloween costumes to protest the government at massive celebration in Shanghai

Michael Zhang is a former FOIA intern for the Daily Dot. He&#8217;s in his third year at the University of Texas at Austin where he serves as an officer of UT’s Asian American Journalists Association and has written for the Daily Texan.

Michael Zhang

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