Azure Cloud Hit
An issue impacting MENA, South Asia, and beyond: Azure Cloud hit Microsoft cloud services disrupted by Red Sea cable cuts [image or embed] — Gary R. Bunt (@garyrbunt.bsky.social) 7...
Media Coverage Research
NEW: An Oxford report warns that misleading media coverage is shaping public debate on immigration and human rights. The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases,...
Technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV)
Important reporting from Christine Ro @forbes.com on digital violence in Syria (and beyond). [image or embed] — Gary R. Bunt (@garyrbunt.bsky.social) 5 September 2025 at 10:26 Here’s the link...
Reading List
Here are some recent publications on Islam and the internet which have caught my attention (detaills via Google Scholar). I’ve noted a great deal of new research, which I...
Malaysia TIikTok Issue
Reuters, Malaysia summons TikTok management over delays in tackling fake news, report says, 2 Sep 2025 “Malaysian authorities have summoned TikTok’s top management over the social media company’s alleged...
Arabic AI
Dana Alomar, The National, Why every Arab country is racing to build its own large language model, 2 Sep 2025 “Arabic is spoken by more than 450 million people, yet artificial...
ILMU Malaysia AI
Elina Noor, SCMP, Opinion | Local AI models will live and die by the quality of their data sets, 2 Sep 2025 “At Asean’s first ever artificial intelligence summit in Kuala...
Indonesia TikTok Issues
Reuters, Indonesia urges TikTok, Meta to act against harmful online content, 27 Aug 2025 “Indonesia has summoned representatives of Meta Platforms Inc (META.O), ByteDance’s TikTok and other social media platforms,...