AI ‘Bias‘
I discuss related issues of this form of potential bias in Islamic Algorithms: Widely covered: The Current, Google AI sparks outrage after warning users about ‘being alone with a...
TikTok Aceh Punishment
In Bandeh Aceh: Daily Mail, The caning so severe even the flogger took pity: Four people are whipped a HUNDRED times each for adultery before ‘algojo’ whispers support to...
Prevent
The Prevent agenda has been subject to multiple criticisms over the years – this is the latest:
Pakistan TikTok Murder
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar , Independent, Pakistani TikToker Shamso Bibi shot dead amid rising violence against women social media stars, 18 Aug 2026. “A 28-year-old Pakistani TikToker with more than 1.3 million...
‘Platform Islandization‘
One for my Reading List from Merlyna Lim (check out her other work too if you haven’t already): Lim, Merlyna. “Platform Islandization: The Making of the Computational Archipelago.” Verge: Studies...