AI Voices
Alex Hern, Guardian, Amazon’s Alexa could turn dead loved ones’ voices into digital assistant, 23 June 2022 “Technology promises ability to ‘make the memories last’ by mimicking the voice...
Qur’an text use
Mothership, Online store apologises for selling swimsuits & pyjamas with prints of Quranic texts, 23 June 2022 “A TikTok user has called out an apparel website, which claims to...
East Africa
Cara Anna, AP, Study: Facebook fails to catch East Africa extremist content, 15 June 2022 “A new study has found that Facebook has failed to catch Islamic State group...
Taliban net
Video from Amnesty International about the Taliban’s approach towards some social media content providers: Afghanistan: Since assuming power, the #Taliban have been using intimidation, harassment, and violence on anyone...
Podcasts: Digital Sisterhood
Ikran Dahir, Buzzfeed, A Muslim Podcast Became A Weekly Comfort For Women Around The World, 10 June 2022 “Podcasts voiced by Muslim women have often stayed in niche communities,...
Comic break
Al Jazeera, Nabi Roshan: Afghanistan’s Jon Stewart forced into exile, 8 June 2022 “While most entertainment and satirical TV shows have been pulled off the air by channels that...
Indonesia: Islam di Dunia Maya dalam Perspektif Gary R. Bunt
Here’s a discussion on some of my work and associated theoretical approaches on CIEs. Paelani Setia, Islam di Dunia Maya dalam Perspektif Gary R. Bunt, Jurnal Iman dan Spiritualitas,...
‘Islamic education and activism in theory and practice’
New and noted: Alessandra Palange, Islamic education and activism in theory and practice: the case of two online e-learning institutes, PhD thesis, University College London, Institute of Education, 2022,...
LGBTQ+ activism Malaysia
Megan Tatum, MIT Technology Review, Meet the LGBTQ activists fighting to be themselves online in Malaysia, 8 June 2022 “Getting online can help people connect and organize in the...
TikTok Challenges
Insider, “Teenagers in Indonesia are jumping in front of moving trucks for a TikTok challenge, according to local reports. At least two have died doing so.”, 8 June 2022...