“A Tunisian court sentenced a social media creator to four and a half years in prison on Thursday for sharing “obscene content,” marking the first application of a newly enacted law targeting TikTok and Instagram influencers.”
GRB
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Online Legacies
Thu 4 Jumada Al Akhira 1446AH 5-12-2024AD -
Tunisian Influencers
Mon 23 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 25-11-2024AD -
The (Alleged) TikTok Effect(?)
Mon 11 Rabi Al Thani 1446AH 14-10-2024AD -
Şulemsi TikTok
Wed 29 Rabi Al Awwal 1446AH 2-10-2024AD -
Istanbul’s shrines
Mon 27 Rabi Al Awwal 1446AH 30-9-2024AD -
TikTok Investigation
Thu 11 Safar 1446AH 15-8-2024AD -
Austria IS Swift TikTok
Fri 5 Safar 1446AH 9-8-2024AD -
Indonesia ‘influencers‘ ‘hate speech‘
Mon 23 Muharram 1446AH 29-7-2024AD -
Baghdad Influencer Murdered
Mon 20 Shawwal 1445AH 29-4-2024AD -
Indonesian Influencers
Sat 11 Shawwal 1445AH 20-4-2024AD -
Iraq TikTok Ban Request
Wed 17 Ramadan 1445AH 27-3-2024AD -
Ramadan ‘Influencers‘
Wed 3 Ramadan 1445AH 13-3-2024AD -
UK Government TikTok Anti-Migrant Campaign
Wed 4 Shaban 1445AH 14-2-2024AD -
Indonesia Deepfakes and TikTok
Tue 3 Shaban 1445AH 13-2-2024AD -
Indonesia’s TikTok Politics
Thu 27 Rajab 1445AH 8-2-2024AD -
Millennial Muslims and Use of Cyber-Islam
Thu 13 Rajab 1445AH 25-1-2024AD -
Tube Girl Influencer Funds Schools
Mon 26 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 8-1-2024AD -
TikTok Malaysia Content Removal
Fri 2 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 15-12-2023AD -
TikTok Indonesia
Tue 28 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 12-12-2023AD -
Deepfake Issues
Mon 20 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 4-12-2023AD -
TikTok Indonesia
Wed 15 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 29-11-2023AD -
Yemen Social Media On-board
Tue 14 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 28-11-2023AD -
TikTok Converts and Qur’an Encounters
Tue 7 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 21-11-2023AD -
OBL and ‘Influence‘
Sun 5 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 19-11-2023AD -
Andrew Tate: Polling
Thu 11 Rabi Al Thani 1445AH 26-10-2023AD -
Belgium attack
Tue 2 Rabi Al Thani 1445AH 17-10-2023AD -
AI al-Bashir
Fri 21 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 6-10-2023AD -
Indonesia TikTok Shop Shut
Wed 19 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 4-10-2023AD -
Indonesian Tik-Tok Block
Wed 12 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 27-9-2023AD -
TikToker Jailed
Wed 5 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 20-9-2023AD -
Somalia TikTok Telegram Banned
Mon 5 Safar 1445AH 21-8-2023AD -
Recent research: Millennial Muslims
Fri 2 Safar 1445AH 18-8-2023AD -
Tunisia Innovation Tech
Wed 22 Muharram 1445AH 9-8-2023AD -
Bandung Indonesia Pandawara ‘clean up’
Fri 17 Muharram 1445AH 4-8-2023AD -
Senegal TikTok Block
Thu 16 Muharram 1445AH 3-8-2023AD -
Tunisia and Satire
Thu 2 Muharram 1445AH 20-7-2023AD -
Iran taxes Influencers
Fri 26 Dhul Hijjah 1444AH 14-7-2023AD -
Tunisia migrants under attack
Wed 24 Dhul Hijjah 1444AH 12-7-2023AD -
PAS TikTok
Tue 23 Dhul Hijjah 1444AH 11-7-2023AD -
TikTok News
Wed 25 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 14-6-2023AD -
Tate Article
Sat 21 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 10-6-2023AD -
Discussion on Tate
Thu 19 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 8-6-2023AD -
Indonesian Influencer Issue
Fri 29 Shawwal 1444AH 19-5-2023AD -
Tunisia Synagogue Attack
Fri 22 Shawwal 1444AH 12-5-2023AD -
Influencers and “apostasy”
Tue 12 Shawwal 1444AH 2-5-2023AD -
‘Muslim Manosphere’
Tue 5 Shawwal 1444AH 25-4-2023AD -
Egypt: Social Media Influencers
Tue 20 Ramadan 1444AH 11-4-2023AD -
KSI Mosque Visit
Thu 15 Ramadan 1444AH 6-4-2023AD -
Tunisia’s “poisonous dictatorship”
Fri 9 Ramadan 1444AH 31-3-2023AD -
‘Digital Islam and Muslim Millennials’
Mon 28 Shaban 1444AH 20-3-2023AD -
Tunisia – Rap Battle
Sat 26 Shaban 1444AH 18-3-2023AD -
Kashmir Influencers
Fri 25 Shaban 1444AH 17-3-2023AD -
TikTok Issues
Tue 22 Shaban 1444AH 14-3-2023AD -
Tunisia and anti-migrant sentiments
Mon 21 Shaban 1444AH 13-3-2023AD -
TikTok Takedown Videos
Sun 13 Shaban 1444AH 5-3-2023AD -
Pakistan App Ban
Mon 29 Rajab 1444AH 20-2-2023AD -
Tate’s ‘Muslim Fanbase’
Fri 26 Rajab 1444AH 17-2-2023AD -
Egypt Influencers Arrested
Sat 20 Rajab 1444AH 11-2-2023AD -
Mohamed Ramadan
Sat 6 Rajab 1444AH 28-1-2023AD -
Iran TikTok
Tue 19 Jumada Al Oula 1444AH 13-12-2022AD -
Indonesia TikTok Hijab
Fri 8 Jumada Al Oula 1444AH 2-12-2022AD -
Gaza Influencers
Tue 22 Rabi Al Awwal 1444AH 18-10-2022AD -
TikTok Taliban Ban
Fri 13 Safar 1444AH 9-9-2022AD -
Influence Impacted
Thu 15 Dhul Hijjah 1443AH 14-7-2022AD