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The Algorithmic Militia

Podcast Photo: Getty Images / CNN How Curated Certainty Replaces Political Consciousness in the Digital Diaspora A message arrived recently on social media—the kind that has become ordinary in certain corners of the Iranian diaspora. It was a response to someone questioning an unverified claim about alleged government infiltration. The reply was swift and uncompromising: — read more

Apr 21, 2026
When the Dead Are Counted Twice: Inflated Atrocities and the Manufacture of Indifference

There is a particular cruelty in inflating the number of the dead. It does not honour the victims — it instrumentalises them. And when the inflation is eventually corrected, it does not restore credibility — it destroys it, along with every legitimate grievance buried beneath the exaggeration. This is not a hypothetical. It is a — read more

Mar 14, 2026

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