How Twitter Changed
I recall the earlier days of Twitter with some nostalgia. Now I am reluctant to use it (for multiple reasons). Should I return to proactive use?
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...
KSA Journalist
Middle East Eye, Campaigners say Saudi Arabia executed prominent journalist for Twitter account, 16 Jun 2025 “Supporters of Turki al-Jasser, who had been imprisoned for seven years, say his...
Ahmed al-Doush Case
Dania Akkad, Middle East Eye, British man in Saudi Arabia told he will be charged over tweet deleted six years ago, 4 Mar 2025 “A British man is set to go...
Recent research: Millennial Muslims
MRC Cusi, A Berghout, Millennial Muslims and Use of Cyber-Islam: A Case Study of Bilal Philips and Mufti Menk on Twitter and their Impacts – Journal of Islam in Asia...
‘Blasphemy’ social media case
Duncan Gardham, Sky News, Twitter user who published image of severed head sentenced to five and a half years in prison, 11 May 2023 As well as tweeting out...
Twitter bots
Ian Oxborrow, The National, Up to 12% of Twitter users are bots, study says “Twitter bots amount to up to 12 per cent of visits on the social media...