“A Kuala Lumpur-born internet sensation dubbed ‘Tube Girl’ for her viral TikTok dances on the London Underground system has leveraged her celebrity to fund schooling for Palestinian children living as refugees in Malaysia.”
GRB
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Indonesian influencers
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Malaysia AI Regulation
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Tate Tax(ed)
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Online Legacies
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‘Bangla Town‘ Documentary
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Lebanon-Israel Crisis (updated)
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Tunisian Influencers
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Halal Pet Food
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Amsterdam Unrest
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Meta’s censorship policies (accusations)
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Social Media and Online Coverage: Israel-Hamas Conflict (Month…
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TikTok Tunisia
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Book – Islamic Medical Ethics
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Malaysia Social Media Code
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Home Office Report on Hate Crime in England…
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Meta ‘censorship‘ allegations
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Gaza Distance Education
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Social Media and Online Coverage: Israel-Hamas Conflict (Month…
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Nurflix
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Şulemsi TikTok
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Exploding Pagers
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Raja Petra
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Malaysia net licensing
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Malaysia Net Restrictions
Thu 4 Safar 1446AH 8-8-2024AD -
Hezbollah – Fouad Shukur killed
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Social Media and Online Coverage: Israel-Hamas Conflict (Month…
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Malaysia Cyberlaw
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Indonesia ‘influencers‘ ‘hate speech‘
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Leeds Riots
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Hezbollah Video
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Malaysia AI Influence
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Google Data Centre Malaysia
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Malaysia Semiconductors
Tue 20 Dhul Qidah 1445AH 28-5-2024AD -
Meta Malaysia Meltdown
Thu 8 Dhul Qidah 1445AH 16-5-2024AD -
Malaysia’s Digital Divide
Thu 8 Dhul Qidah 1445AH 16-5-2024AD -
Muslim World League Conference
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Social Media and Online Coverage: Israel-Hamas Conflict (Month…
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Malaysia AI
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Gaza International Protests
Mon 20 Shawwal 1445AH 29-4-2024AD -
Baghdad Influencer Murdered
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Indonesian Influencers
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‘Defiance‘ documentary
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Malaysia Relationships
Fri 26 Ramadan 1445AH 5-4-2024AD -
Ramadan online
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Chip Strategies
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Ramadan ‘Influencers‘
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Social Media and Online Coverage: Israel-Hamas Conflict (Month…
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Malaysia Chips Revival
Tue 10 Shaban 1445AH 20-2-2024AD -
UK Government TikTok Anti-Migrant Campaign
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Latin American Activism
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Social Media and Online Coverage: Israel-Hamas Conflict (Month…
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MMR Vaccine Campaign
Sat 15 Rajab 1445AH 27-1-2024AD -
Millennial Muslims and Use of Cyber-Islam
Thu 13 Rajab 1445AH 25-1-2024AD -
School Prayer Spaces Discussion & Reaction
Wed 12 Rajab 1445AH 24-1-2024AD -
Archiving Palestinian Heritage
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H-u-T Shutdown
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Social Media and Online Coverage: Israel-Hamas Conflict (Month…
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John Pilger
Sun 18 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 31-12-2023AD -
Malaysia Qur’an AI
Sat 10 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 23-12-2023AD -
TikTok Malaysia Content Removal
Fri 2 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 15-12-2023AD -
Ministry of Digital
Fri 2 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 15-12-2023AD -
Hyde Park Plot
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Afghanistan Education Breakdown
Sat 25 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 9-12-2023AD -
Palestine Posters Online
Mon 20 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 4-12-2023AD -
Israel ‘AI‘
Sat 18 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 2-12-2023AD -
Thought Policing
Sat 18 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 2-12-2023AD -
Yemen Social Media On-board
Tue 14 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 28-11-2023AD -
“How people in South and Southeast Asia view…
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Malaysia-Google Collaboration
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OBL and ‘Influence‘
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Andrew Tate: Polling
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Research on IS Supporters & Hamas Conflict
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Piers Morgan interview: Bassem Youssef
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Wadea al-Fayoume
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‘The Guest’
Mon 24 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 9-10-2023AD -
Israel-Hamas Updates
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Intel Malaysia
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TikTok Flag Controversy
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Southeast Asia & ‘war on terror’
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Pew Southeast Asia Research
Tue 27 Safar 1445AH 12-9-2023AD -
Meta censorship
Mon 26 Safar 1445AH 11-9-2023AD -
X Surveillance Concerns
Thu 22 Safar 1445AH 7-9-2023AD -
New and noted: Religious Authority in Da’wah Activity
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Recent research: Millennial Muslims
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Barbie-ban
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Bandung Indonesia Pandawara ‘clean up’
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Taliban
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خطيرة
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Iran taxes Influencers
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Jenin: Latin America Social Media Reacts
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PAS TikTok
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Malaysia-Meta
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Jenin
Tue 16 Dhul Hijjah 1444AH 4-7-2023AD -
Ahmadiyya Social Media
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Iraq Net Disruption
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Tate Article
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Discussion on Tate
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Bradford 12 Documentary
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Malaysia: LGBTQ+ Issues
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Indonesian Influencer Issue
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Palestine Digital Mapping
Mon 25 Shawwal 1444AH 15-5-2023AD -
AI on Palestine and Israel
Tue 19 Shawwal 1444AH 9-5-2023AD -
Influencers and “apostasy”
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Fintech
Sun 10 Shawwal 1444AH 30-4-2023AD -
Encyclopedia Palestinnica
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Hamas Bitcoin Suspension
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‘Muslim Manosphere’
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Halal food: Malaysia+
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Al-Aqsa
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Egypt: Social Media Influencers
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Siraj
Mon 19 Ramadan 1444AH 10-4-2023AD -
KSI Mosque Visit
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Palestinian DJs
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Al-Aqsa Mosque
Wed 14 Ramadan 1444AH 5-4-2023AD -
Afghan Net Struggle
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Matiullah Wesa
Tue 6 Ramadan 1444AH 28-3-2023AD -
‘The Holy Land and Us’
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Islamic Digital Economy(-ies)
Thu 1 Ramadan 1444AH 23-3-2023AD -
‘Digital Islam and Muslim Millennials’
Mon 28 Shaban 1444AH 20-3-2023AD -
Gambling
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Syria, Lebanon and Rap
Sat 26 Shaban 1444AH 18-3-2023AD -
Kashmir Influencers
Fri 25 Shaban 1444AH 17-3-2023AD -
Afghan Girls’ Education
Thu 24 Shaban 1444AH 16-3-2023AD -
Pakistan Online Learning App
Thu 24 Shaban 1444AH 16-3-2023AD -
AI MENA Education
Wed 23 Shaban 1444AH 15-3-2023AD -
‘Mentega Terbang’
Wed 23 Shaban 1444AH 15-3-2023AD -
Kaaba Gold Bar
Wed 23 Shaban 1444AH 15-3-2023AD -
Iranian Seminary Experiences
Tue 8 Shaban 1444AH 28-2-2023AD -
Tate’s ‘Muslim Fanbase’
Fri 26 Rajab 1444AH 17-2-2023AD -
Egypt Influencers Arrested
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ChatGPT and Education
Wed 25 Jumada Al Akhira 1444AH 18-1-2023AD -
Palestine Tapes
Thu 7 Jumada Al Oula 1444AH 1-12-2022AD -
Anwar Ibrahim
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Gaza Influencers
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HMQ
Wed 25 Safar 1444AH 21-9-2022AD -
GhostSec
Mon 16 Safar 1444AH 12-9-2022AD -
‘Islamic education and activism in theory and practice’
Wed 9 Dhul Qidah 1443AH 8-6-2022AD -
LGBTQ+ activism Malaysia
Wed 9 Dhul Qidah 1443AH 8-6-2022AD -
Censorship and pro-Palestinian Content
Wed 17 Shawwal 1443AH 18-5-2022AD -
Shireen Abu Akleh
Fri 12 Shawwal 1443AH 13-5-2022AD -
Australia-Malaysia Halal
Tue 9 Shawwal 1443AH 10-5-2022AD