Sebastian Usher, BBC News, Tala Safwan: Egyptian TikToker held in Saudi over 'immoral' video, 26 Jul 2022 "Tala Safwan, who has five million followers on TikTok and some 800,000 on YouTube, drew ire online amid claims a recent video had lesbian undertones."
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Insider, "Teenagers in Indonesia are jumping in front of moving trucks for a TikTok challenge, according to local reports. At least two have died doing so.", 8 June 2022 "Teenagers in Indonesia have been jumping in front ...

NME, Taliban bans ‘PUBG: Battlegrounds’ and TikTok in Afghanistan

"Both PUBG: Battlegrounds and TikTok have been banned in Afghanistan by the Taliban for “misleading the younger generation”"

Danja Hajjaji, Newsweek, YouTube Silent on its Male Stars Who Persecute Egypt's TikTok Girls

"Newsweek found a pocket of verified YouTubers who dedicated videos to "exposing" women and girls on social media for castigation and ...

Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, The Myth of the 'First TikTok War' "The world is viewing the Russian invasion of Ukraine with startling intimacy on social media. But how or whether this matters remains unclear." The article refers to ...

Danya Hajjaji, Newsweek, Exclusive: How YouTube Facilitates the Persecution of TikTok Women in Egypt, 10 Feb 2022

I missed the publication of this article, so am posting now on what is a significant story: "As these YouTubers touted ...

Arab News, Bangladesh police join forces with Meta, TikTok to prevent suicides, 21 Feb 2022 "Talukder (Mohammad Mahmudul Islam Talukder, assistant superintendent at CID’s Cyber Police Center) said Meta uses artificial intelligence to identify suicide risks on their platforms, taking into account not only ...

SCMP, Malaysia: TikTok ‘unboxing by husband’ trend among Muslim newlyweds condemned by religious authorities "One Muslim cleric said a man videoing ...

NY Times, Balaclavas Are Trendy, but for Some Muslim Women It’s More Complicated "Some TikTok creators have dedicated their profiles to crocheting elaborate and ornate versions of the ...

BBC News, TikTok moderator sues over 'psychological trauma'

"A former TikTok moderator is suing the company, claiming it failed to protect her mental health after "constant" exposure to traumatic video content."

Wired, An ‘Alt-Jihad’ Is Rising On Social Media, 8 Dec 2021

This is an excellent piece by Moustafa Ayad: "They are Generation Z jihadists—part TikTok dance, part Taliban victory lap, and part Islamic State punishments and pronouncements..."

BBC News, NunTok: How religion is booming on TikTok and Instagram

This is an interesting piece. I'm working on TikTok issues too for my next project: "Nuns, imams and Buddhist monks are among those sharing successful - and often fun - short-form videos on social media."

The National, WhatsApp down: how parts of the Middle East came to depend on the messaging service, 5 Oct 2021 "When WhatsApp went down on Monday, Dar Al Ifta, one of Egypt’s foremost Islamic advisory ...

The Register, Pakistan bans TikTok, for the fourth time

"There is no sign that Pakistan's Telecommunications Authority – or other government agencies – have a plan to end the cycle of bans and rescindments followed by more bans. Or, indeed, any real interest ...

DW, Tech-savvy Egypt targets TikTokers and digital dissidents

"Egypt's cybercrime law was written to fight extremists and terror organizations that use the internet to promote their ideas among youth. So why is the government going after ...

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Allah Hu Akbar literally translates to God is Great. The chances of you meeting a Muslim that will use that to blow something up is slim to none. Isis accounts for .001% of the entire 2 billion Muslim population and over 90% of their ...

SCMP, Malaysians reflect on rape culture after schoolgirl’s TikTok video goes viral

"Ain Husniza called out her teacher’s rape joke on TikTok, sparking a national conversation on misogyny in Malaysia."

This is rather a nice view. Priceless, in fact. The view is also a TikTok phenomena.

A room with a view ... amazing perspectives of the Dome of the Rock. https://t.co/Czw07qDQeM

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BBC News, Egypt court overturns TikTok stars' jail sentences

"A court in Egypt has overturned the prison sentences of two women who were convicted of posting "indecent videos" on TikTok last year."

BBC News, TikTok: 'I didn’t know other LGBT Muslims existed'

"Shaz says she didn't know there were other people like her until she joined a social media platform where she now has 30,000 followers one year after joining.