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Kate Middleton, Britney Spears and the Online Trolls Doubting Their Existence

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Kate Middleton has long been a magnet for unproven rumors: She pressured an art gallery to remove a royal portrait! She split from her husband! She changed her hairstyle to distract from pregnancy rumors! She did not give birth to her daughter! This year, speculation kicked into overdrive. Ms. Middleton — now Catherine, Princess of…

Shafiqah Hudson, Who Fought Trolls on Social Media, Dies at 46

trl9 months ago013 mins

Shafiqah Hudson was looking for a job in early June of 2014, toggling between Twitter and email, when she noticed an odd hashtag that was surging on the social media platform: #EndFathersDay. The posters claimed to be Black feminists, but they had laughable handles like @NayNayCan’tStop and @CisHate and @LatrineWatts; they declared they wanted to…

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Kate Middleton, Britney Spears and the Online Trolls Doubting Their Existence

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