Meta Moves
Arab News, Meta removes over 500 Israeli social media accounts misleading public on Gaza war, 30 May 2024 “In its latest Adversarial Threat Report, published on May 29, Meta...
Digital Islam Across Europe web archive
Introducing the Digital Islam Across Europe web archive (phase 1): Working with Dr Anna Grasso and collaborating with colleagues across our five European contexts (Poland, Lithuania, Spain, Sweden, and...
Vote Counting App
Michelle Anindya, Rest of World, Indonesia rushed out a vote-counting app for this year’s election. It did not go well, 28 May 2024. “Tabulation discrepancies were blamed on technical...
Malaysia Semiconductors
Danial Azhar, Reuters, Malaysia targets over $100 bln in semiconductor industry investment, 28 May 2024 “Malaysia is targeting at least 500 billion ringgit ($107 billion) in investment for its...
Hajj 1445 AH
I write about the hajj in its digital frameworks in Islamic Algorithms, and you can track back in this channel for previous stories and links (try the #hajj hashtag...
‘From Sheikh Google to ImamAI‘ – BRAIS Conference
I attended BRAIS last week in Leeds. It was a well-run and interesting conference. Colleagues from the Digital Islam Across Europe project attended (photos to follow). I also gave...
Digital scholarship and the web: Learning from Muslim communities online
Here’s an Archive-it interview on archiving issues across the Digital British Islam and Digital Islam Across Europe projects, with myself, Dr Anna Grasso, and Dr Alamgir Ahmed.
X Pakistan Ban
Chiara Castro, TechRadar, How Pakistan’s 4-month X ban is changing the internet, 25 May 2024. “Pakistan authorities began blocking social platform X (formerly known as Twitter) on February 17,...