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Digitally distracted professor. Researcher/author on Islam, Muslims and the internet. Emoji-free zone. Reposting does not imply endorsement, etc. #HashtagIslam #Islam virtuallyislamic.com
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Crypto Indonesia
Wed 15 Shawwal 1445AH 24-4-2024AD -
Conference Activities
Mon 13 Shawwal 1445AH 22-4-2024AD -
X Pakistan Ban
Fri 10 Shawwal 1445AH 19-4-2024AD -
AI UAE
Thu 9 Shawwal 1445AH 18-4-2024AD -
Hysbysiad am Lyfr Newydd
Thu 9 Shawwal 1445AH 18-4-2024AD -
Pakistan X block
Thu 9 Shawwal 1445AH 18-4-2024AD -
We are the Robots
Thu 9 Shawwal 1445AH 18-4-2024AD -
Big In Japan
Wed 8 Shawwal 1445AH 17-4-2024AD -
‘IS‘ + AI
Thu 25 Ramadan 1445AH 4-4-2024AD -
Turkey Election
Mon 22 Ramadan 1445AH 1-4-2024AD -
AI Ethics Issues
Sat 20 Ramadan 1445AH 30-3-2024AD -
KSA Robots
Wed 17 Ramadan 1445AH 27-3-2024AD -
Coding Issues
Wed 3 Ramadan 1445AH 13-3-2024AD -
AI News Anchor
Tue 2 Ramadan 1445AH 12-3-2024AD -
WhatsApp ‘Blasphemy‘ Charge
Mon 1 Ramadan 1445AH 11-3-2024AD -
DeepLcom
Thu 26 Shaban 1445AH 7-3-2024AD -
Lee Anderson & Suella Braverman (updated)
Wed 18 Shaban 1445AH 28-2-2024AD -
Zakat GPT
Thu 12 Shaban 1445AH 22-2-2024AD -
Netblocks Pakistan – update
Thu 12 Shaban 1445AH 22-2-2024AD -
X Pakistan Restrictions
Mon 9 Shaban 1445AH 19-2-2024AD -
Pradowo Rebrand
Fri 6 Shaban 1445AH 16-2-2024AD -
Deepfake Suharto
Tue 3 Shaban 1445AH 13-2-2024AD -
Indonesia Deepfakes and TikTok
Tue 3 Shaban 1445AH 13-2-2024AD -
Googleyat
Fri 28 Rajab 1445AH 9-2-2024AD -
Indonesia’s TikTok Politics
Thu 27 Rajab 1445AH 8-2-2024AD -
AI & Religion
Wed 26 Rajab 1445AH 7-2-2024AD -
Hizb ut-Tahrir: Analysis
Tue 11 Rajab 1445AH 23-1-2024AD -
Pakistan Net Outage
Sat 8 Rajab 1445AH 20-1-2024AD -
KSA AI
Fri 7 Rajab 1445AH 19-1-2024AD -
AI Dubbing
Fri 7 Rajab 1445AH 19-1-2024AD -
AI in Islam
Tue 4 Rajab 1445AH 16-1-2024AD -
H-u-T Shutdown
Mon 3 Rajab 1445AH 15-1-2024AD -
AI and Islam
Thu 29 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 11-1-2024AD -
OpenAI Apps
Wed 28 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 10-1-2024AD -
AI Fake News
Wed 28 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 10-1-2024AD -
Pakistan Net Disruption
Sun 25 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 7-1-2024AD -
KSA AI Mecca
Thu 22 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 4-1-2024AD -
Malaysia Qur’an AI
Sat 10 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 23-12-2023AD -
Human Rights in Pakistan
Tue 6 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 19-12-2023AD -
AI Imran Khan Voice Clone
Mon 5 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 18-12-2023AD -
Pakistan Net Disruption (update)
Mon 5 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 18-12-2023AD -
Ministry of Digital
Fri 2 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 15-12-2023AD -
Alternative Browsers
Sat 25 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 9-12-2023AD -
Putin in UAE
Wed 22 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 6-12-2023AD -
Deepfake Issues
Mon 20 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 4-12-2023AD -
Israel ‘AI‘
Sat 18 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 2-12-2023AD -
‘Chatbot Honeypot‘
Tue 14 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 28-11-2023AD -
Geert Wilders
Thu 9 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 23-11-2023AD -
‘Hallucinations‘
Thu 2 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 16-11-2023AD -
Fiona Hill Interview
Thu 25 Rabi Al Thani 1445AH 9-11-2023AD -
Machine Unlearning
Wed 24 Rabi Al Thani 1445AH 8-11-2023AD -
AI Stereotypes
Wed 10 Rabi Al Thani 1445AH 25-10-2023AD -
Iran Facial Recognition Tech.
Mon 24 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 9-10-2023AD -
Spouting Chatbots
Fri 21 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 6-10-2023AD -
AI al-Bashir
Fri 21 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 6-10-2023AD -
AI Fatwas
Thu 20 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 5-10-2023AD -
Research: Mediated Contestations of Islamophobia
Wed 19 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 4-10-2023AD -
Arabic AI
Wed 19 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 4-10-2023AD -
Robot Fatwas
Wed 12 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 27-9-2023AD -
Digital Urdu
Wed 12 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 27-9-2023AD -
Iran AI Fatwa
Tue 11 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 26-9-2023AD -
JAIS Arabic Language Model
Mon 19 Safar 1445AH 4-9-2023AD -
MENA AI Biometric Concerns
Wed 7 Safar 1445AH 23-8-2023AD -
AI MSA Translations
Tue 6 Safar 1445AH 22-8-2023AD -
Iraq AI News
Tue 28 Muharram 1445AH 15-8-2023AD -
Fatwa Robot in Mecca
Fri 24 Muharram 1445AH 11-8-2023AD -
Misogyny and Social Media
Wed 15 Muharram 1445AH 2-8-2023AD -
Bajaur bombing
Mon 13 Muharram 1445AH 31-7-2023AD -
AI: Automating Islamophobia
Thu 2 Muharram 1445AH 20-7-2023AD -
Arabic Bard
Thu 25 Dhul Hijjah 1444AH 13-7-2023AD -
Gaming Skills
Tue 23 Dhul Hijjah 1444AH 11-7-2023AD -
PAS TikTok
Tue 23 Dhul Hijjah 1444AH 11-7-2023AD -
Online campaign for Gamal Mubarak
Tue 23 Dhul Hijjah 1444AH 11-7-2023AD -
AI & War crimes evidence
Wed 11 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 31-5-2023AD -
Erdogan Victory Analysed
Tue 10 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 30-5-2023AD -
Training AI in Arabic Content
Mon 9 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 29-5-2023AD -
AI Arabic
Sun 8 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 28-5-2023AD -
‘Digital Colonialism’
Fri 6 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 26-5-2023AD -
MENA Pakistan FinTech
Thu 5 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 25-5-2023AD -
Syria
Sun 1 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 21-5-2023AD -
Turkey: ‘Disinformation’ Campaigns & Social Media
Tue 26 Shawwal 1444AH 16-5-2023AD -
Pakistan Net Shutdown
Sat 23 Shawwal 1444AH 13-5-2023AD -
Pakistan internet closure
Fri 22 Shawwal 1444AH 12-5-2023AD -
AI Elaph
Wed 20 Shawwal 1444AH 10-5-2023AD -
Pakistan Net Disruption
Tue 19 Shawwal 1444AH 9-5-2023AD -
AI on Palestine and Israel
Tue 19 Shawwal 1444AH 9-5-2023AD -
Surveillance and AI
Tue 5 Shawwal 1444AH 25-4-2023AD -
Informing AI
Thu 29 Ramadan 1444AH 20-4-2023AD -
AI Qur’an
Wed 28 Ramadan 1444AH 19-4-2023AD -
ChatGPT Legal
Tue 27 Ramadan 1444AH 18-4-2023AD -
Chinese engineer: “Blasphemy” charge
Tue 27 Ramadan 1444AH 18-4-2023AD -
Al-Aqsa
Tue 20 Ramadan 1444AH 11-4-2023AD -
Karachi YouTuber’s Ramadan Stall
Fri 9 Ramadan 1444AH 31-3-2023AD -
Pakistan Online Learning App
Thu 24 Shaban 1444AH 16-3-2023AD -
GPT-4
Wed 23 Shaban 1444AH 15-3-2023AD -
AI MENA Education
Wed 23 Shaban 1444AH 15-3-2023AD -
Pakistan Digital Economy ‘Scammed’
Tue 22 Shaban 1444AH 14-3-2023AD -
Building ChatGPT
Mon 21 Shaban 1444AH 13-3-2023AD -
Tunisia and anti-migrant sentiments
Mon 21 Shaban 1444AH 13-3-2023AD -
Rebooting ‘digital persona’
Mon 21 Shaban 1444AH 13-3-2023AD -
Pakistan and ‘Free Speech’
Sun 20 Shaban 1444AH 12-3-2023AD -
Arabic Glitch
Wed 9 Shaban 1444AH 1-3-2023AD -
AI Fatwa
Fri 4 Shaban 1444AH 24-2-2023AD -
Towards AI Khutbah
Mon 29 Rajab 1444AH 20-2-2023AD -
Pakistan App Ban
Mon 29 Rajab 1444AH 20-2-2023AD -
AI Architecture
Fri 26 Rajab 1444AH 17-2-2023AD -
AI/ChatGPT
Fri 26 Rajab 1444AH 17-2-2023AD -
Pakistan and Social Media
Fri 19 Rajab 1444AH 10-2-2023AD -
Wikipedia blocked in Pakistan
Mon 15 Rajab 1444AH 6-2-2023AD -
Anwar Ibrahim
Thu 30 Rabi Al Thani 1444AH 24-11-2022AD -
New Media Discourses,">Book: New Media Discourses,
Mon 14 Rabi Al Awwal 1444AH 10-10-2022AD -
HMQ
Wed 25 Safar 1444AH 21-9-2022AD -
Umrah Vlog Issues
Thu 12 Safar 1444AH 8-9-2022AD -
Iran Tech Surveillance
Mon 9 Safar 1444AH 5-9-2022AD -
Trans Pakistanis
Thu 20 Muharram 1444AH 18-8-2022AD -
AI Voices
Thu 24 Dhul Qidah 1443AH 23-6-2022AD -
Ahmadiyya
Tue 23 Shawwal 1443AH 24-5-2022AD