TikTok Issues
Al Jazeera, Muslim TikTok comedian ‘attacked’ over Jeffrey Marsh criticism, 14 Mar 2023. “Shumirun Nessa says she has faced a backlash that has spilled into the real world after...
Pro-ISIS Magazines
Counter Extremism Project, Extremist Content Online: White Supremacist Propaganda Video Amasses Nearly Quarter Million Views On Twitter ” … a group called Al Jauhar Media Center released a new...
Pakistan Digital Economy ‘Scammed’
Zuha Siddiqui, Wired, Scams Are Ruining Pakistan’s Digital Economy, 14 Mar 2023 “Ecommerce is booming, but as one gaming group found out, there are few protections for buyers.”
Building ChatGPT
As I’m writing about ChatGPT and AI, this is of particular interest: Will Douglas Heaven, MIT Technological Review, The inside story of how ChatGPT was built from the people...
Tunisia and anti-migrant sentiments
These issues are also playing out online. Hopefully this is being captured by researchers. Nesrine Malik, Opinion Piece, The Guardian, As the disturbing scenes in Tunisia show, anti-migrant sentiments...
Responses to ‘the new normal’ in Turkey
Social media responses to the post-earthquake contexts in Turkey are outlined in this article, which also discusses the popular Güldür Güldür Show: Arzu Geybullayeva, Global Voices, The new normal after...
Rebooting ‘digital persona’
So, I was interested in this story in terms of its implications for Islamic interpretation and legal authority (it’s not very clear cut on AI issues). Edina Harbinja, Lilian...
Islamic Art Network
#IslamicMonumentsCairo#ComitéBulletinsIslamic Art NetworkCrucial resource that has been around since 2002 created to aid researchers and scholars in the field of Islamic art and architecture.the project undertaken by the Thesaurus...
Pakistan and ‘Free Speech’
Amber Rahim Shamsi, Dawn, Bleep Bleep: Pemra’s wobbly dance with free speech, 11 March 2023, “How do you contain anger, accusation, propaganda and political hyperbole? And what do you...
VPN Use
Karl Finders, Computer Weekly, Millions in the Arab world use VPNs to overcome restrictions and bandwidth throttling “The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has the highest VPN download rate in the world,...