The Joke That Isn’t: Inside Egypt’s “Hahaha Jihad” Against LGBTQ+ People
Threats, tracked locations, coordinated pile-ons: this is what it costs to be visibly queer online in Egypt
Tag: Social media
From Nepal, to Indonesia, and the Philippines: The Children of Remittance Take to the Streets
The recent uprisings across the Asia-Pacific region carry a quieter thread: protesters raised by absent, migrant-worker parents are refusing to ...
The Cockroach Revolt: How India’s Youth Uprising Is Cracking Modi’s Electoral Autocracy
Behind the marches is a jobs crisis crushing the young, an exam industry built on suicides, and billionaires thriving as ...
Online and Offline Violence are Two Sides of the Same Coin for LGBTQI+ in Egypt
In Egypt, LGBTQI+ people face escalating abuse where online harassment, state complicity, and social hostility intersect, turning digital attacks into ...
For LGBTQ+ People in Egypt, the Internet is Both a Lifeline and a Trap
Social media offers connection for queer Egyptians, but also exposes them to surveillance, entrapment, and harassment under expanding cybercrime laws
Targeted by Design: Technoviolence, Xenophobia, and Algorithmic Injustice in SWANA
In the global majority, big Tech policies are often complicit in the rise of digital fascism, hate speech, and systemic ...
Capitalism, War, and the Violence of Digital Platforms: A Conversation with Geert Lovink
A critical reflection on platform brutality, exhausted imaginaries, and the uneasy search for collective exits from digital dependency.
Brazilian influencers: We are precarious workers too!
Millions of influencers are facing working conditions marked by uncertainty, irregular pay, fluctuating follower counts, and compromised mental health.
Why Israeli PR strategies can be a tactical success, but a long-term defeat
Recent unmasking of influence operations revealed, once again, the extent of the efforts by the Israeli state in trying to ...
Gen Z and Palestine: how social media activists are changing journalism forever
A new generation of content creators is dedicated to tell what's happening in Palestine, fueled by both a desire to ...
