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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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Man in costume running from police(l) AI image of a person in a pikachu costume running from people(c) people running from police(r)

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Viral image of Pikachu’s arrest at Turkey protest becomes rallying cry—even though it’s AI

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

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A defacement by an alleged Turkish hacker on the WikiLeaks webstore

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Alleged Turkish hacker defaces WikiLeaks’ online store

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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‘Kedi’ explores the ‘intertwined lives’ of humans and cats in Istanbul

Efe Kerem Sözeri is a Turkish freelance researcher who lives in the Netherlands. After studying political science in Istanbul, he moved to Amsterdam to study migrants&#8217; political behavior. Besides his academic work, he regularly writes on internet freedom and censorship in Turkey.

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Turkish Man with Recep Tayyip Erdogan Phone Case

How bad Googling put a small U.S. town in the middle of a rift between Turkey and the Netherlands

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How the alt-right’s PizzaGate conspiracy hid real scandal in Turkey

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Activists fight back against Turkish government’s block on Tor and VPNs

Turkey uses emergency decree to shut down internet on 11 Kurdish cities to ‘prevent protests’

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Why RedHack challenges Turkey’s political establishment

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Famously chill Turkish cat gets beautiful memorial statue

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The cyberattack that changed the world

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Turkish court orders 860 tweets censored after ISP boycott sparked by child-rape scandal

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