AI ‘bilge‘
Important not to overlook the fact that this bilge is amplified & disseminated by many prominent – and very real – racists who benefit financially, professionally & politically from...
AI Dystopia
In an AI-generated, dystopian vision of the British capital, a video shows Big Ben smouldering above piles of rubbish and London crowds dressed in traditional Islamic garb. Far-right leaders...
AI Propaganda Sudan
Currently reading: Marc Owen Jones, Dysinfluence, Substack, Nobody Talks Like This: Meet 50 AI-Powered Propaganda Accounts in Sudan’s Social Media War, 6 Oct 2025. “How 50 AI-generated accounts are...
‘PR Strategies‘ and Gaza
Sherouk Zakaria and Zaira Lakhpatwala, Arab News, How PR firms are whitewashing genocide in Gaza to rebrand Israel’s global image, 4 Oct 2025. “The strategy aims to flood the...
Disinformation Infiltration
This article is definitely worth a deep dive: NEW 🚨 The #Pravdanetwork—a Russia-linked disinformation operation—has infiltrated #Wikipedia, AI chatbots, and #X, spreading pro-Kremlin narratives globally. @vchatelet.bsky.social & @checkfirst.network reveal...
Disinformation and Chatbots
I’m very interested in the disinformation issue in relation to my own research so have added @disinfo.eu’s fact sheet to my Reading List....
No Filters
Meta’s decision to remove fact-checking from its products will have significant implications (not least in zones associated with Islam, Muslims, and the internet. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/… important analysis from @rosatkins.bsky.social [image...
Lebanon-Israel Crisis (updated)
I’m focusing on social media/tech issues and crisis coverage here. Check the earlier post on Exploding Pagers. Follow X @garybunt for updates on this shifting situation. Warning: sensitive content....
AI + Religious Freedom
Some important discussion points and opinions here: Robert Řehák, Newsweek, How Artificial Intelligence Advances and Threatens Religious Freedom | Opinion ” … there’s a need to explore new applications...
Discussion on Algorithms
I’ve started reading Yuval Noah Harari‘s Nexus, so I was interested in listening to this BBC Radio 4 ‘Start the Week’ programme, which incorporated critical perspectives of the book (among...