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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.

Tricia Crimmins

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Instagram opted all users out of seeing political content—a day before the first presidential debate

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

Katherine Huggins

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Why is TikTok now flooded with inane ‘help me prove to my boss’ marketing videos?

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‘Communicates nothing’: Is the massively viral ‘All Eyes on Rafah’ image the new BLM black square?

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String of Palestinian college activists had Instagram accounts locked for supporting ‘dangerous’ people

Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

Marlon Ettinger

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How the ‘All Eyes on Rafah’ image took over Instagram

Grace Fowler is freelancer reporter and past summer media fellow with the Daily Dot. She&#8217;s a graduate of Texas State University, where she studied mass communications.

Grace Fowler

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‘If Emo Brunch comes in your area, do not do it’: Austin Emo Brunch attendee says she was scammed

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Vladimir Supica is a Serbia-based freelance writer. He enjoys traveling through Europe, reading non-fiction books, and playing with his dog Max.

Vladimir Supica

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‘They’re even deleting all their Google reviews’: Woman says Luke’s 32 Bridge bar is deleting Instagram comments sharing similar experiences as a customer who went missing after being kicked out

Kyle Calise is a video producer, writer, and storyteller from southern New England. When he’s not crafting explainer and culture videos, he’s usually out on a nature trail admiring trees.

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Meme History: Willy Wonka Memes

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

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‘Practice run for November?’ Massive Facebook outage on Super Tuesday sparks claims of deep state sabotage

Allie Hayes is an experienced pop culture writer and editor based in New England. When she’s not writing, you’ll find her reading a romance novel, obsessively watching pro wrestling, or taking blurry photos of her two adorable cats.

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‘White Lotus’ co-stars Meghann Fahy and Leo Woodall confirm relationship on Instagram: ‘Because his boy of the month era is starting’

Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, and elsewhere.

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‘This is extremely scary’: Woman says someone found images of her on Reddit. She never took them

Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

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‘She’s literally a UNICEF ambassador’: Fans call out Millie Bobby Brown’s alleged response to fan asking her to show support for Palestine

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‘Grubgate’: Texas congressional candidate caught stealing food pics and passing them off as her own

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