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August 2, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Elon Musk’s Insidious New Strategy to Help Trump Win
Elon Musk is collecting personal data from people in swing states under the guise of helping them register to vote.
May 10, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Here’s Why Trump Keeps Changing His Opinion About TikTok
Allies of the Republican presidential nominee are increasingly involved with the Chinese media industry.
April 26, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Ex-Giuliani Associate Reveals When Trump Set Sights on Hunter Biden
Lev Parnas said the Trump campaign started targeting Hunter Biden’s laptop two months earlier than previously thought.
March 24, 2023
Tori Otten
TikTok Is a Problem—but Not Our Biggest Social Media Problem
The TikTok hearing in Congress revealed more about U.S. data privacy laws than anything else.

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