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The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2025

Wired · WIRED Staff · last updated

From Donald Trump to DOGE to Chinese hackers, this year the internet’s chaos caused outsized real-world harm.

In 2025, people who built their careers by being some form of Very Online are now some of the most powerful people in the world.

 

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