Metehan Durmaz • 30 Apr 2024

“Pay or Okay” model is illegal. What is the next step?

“Pay or Okay” is a consent model that acts as a legal basis for data collection. Users choose between a…

Dionysia Peppa • 23 Apr 2024

Section 230: a warden of freedom of expression, or a loophole for escaping accountability?

Today, censorship in the US is under severe scrutiny from millions around the world who are witnessing the wave of…

Aseel Sariyah • 18 Apr 2024

Yemenis Complain about Sharing Phone Numbers with Strangers

“Why is your daughter sharing her pictures via WhatsApp?” a question directed by an employee of the YOU- Yemen Oman…

Safaa Ayyad • 17 Apr 2024

Content Streaming via an Ogero App: Who benefits from OTT in Lebanon?

Last November, Lebanon’s Council of Ministers added an item to the agenda to grant Ogero, the country’s primary provider of…

SMEX • 15 Apr 2024

From Sharing to Silence: Assessing Social Media Suppression of SRHR Content in WANA

This research was conducted as part of the Masarouna project, a five-year program that mobilizes young people in the Middle…

Sally Rammal • 28 Mar 2024

The new feature on X will leak your location without your consent

Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) has just added a new calling feature. Audio and video calls can now be…

SMEX • 27 Mar 2024

Oversight Board: Meta’s Censorship of ‘Shaheed’ Is “Unnecessary and Disproportionate”

(Beirut, March 27, 2024) – Yesterday, the much anticipated Oversight Board decision on  Meta’s approach to moderating the word “shaheed”…