Iran Digital Recruitment
This surfaced this morning (no doubt it is being tracked, or has potential as a honeypot). See Jason Farrell and Lynette Nusbacher’s discussion on Sky News: Report on the...
Hormuz Digital Issues
I thought this was a useful analysis of an underrepresented issue, which is crucial in terms of digital infrastructures: Important digital access issues discussed here …...
Indonesia Net Issues
MSN, YouTube complies with Indonesia’s social media curbs, minister says, 25 Apr 2026. “The Wikimedia Foundation said Saturday it has found a compromise with the Indonesian government, which had...
e-Hajj
I’ve written extensively about digital hajj in my books and related chapters, so this story is of particular interest: E-hajj tracking...
Pro-Iran Hacking
A pro-Iran hacking group that has been relentlessly targeting American companies with DDoS attacks claims it disrupted Bluesky with what the social media site called a “sophisticated” attack that...
AI Disinformation
A video viewed over 1.7 million times appears to show an interview with two Muslim women saying people shouldn’t bring dogs to the beach. It’s generated a huge amount...
‘Trump as Jesus Christ‘
The Iran war and a series of social media posts, including one depicting Trump as Jesus Christ, have some conservative commentators and fans suspecting the president may be the...
‘Fake Asylum‘ Issues
Online dimensions here: online dimensions here: Bogus websites, staged protests and pretend atheists: Inside the fake asylum industry www.bbc.co.uk/news/article…...
LEGO Iran cont/d
More coverage on LEGO AI-generated content associated with Iran. I am collecting and analysing all the relevant videos for a future publication, but don’t intend to post them here...