SMEX, along with 71 of local, regional and international partners has issued a joint statement regarding BSR’s Human …
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Earlier this month, the Libyan Armed Forces under Commander-in-Chief Khalifa Haftar not only besieged the Abu Hadi region …
A newly released report on Meta’s content moderation practices confirmed the company’s documented over-enforcement of Arabic content (i.e. …
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Phones have become a viable tool for recording violence and injustice around the world. In many cases, posting …
This SMEX research report was written by Sarah Cupler, an independent research consultant. It was funded by the …
Netflix, the world’s leading streaming platform, is receiving pressure from some Arabic-speaking countries to limit its content on …
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced on August 30 the launch of a new cloud region in the UAE, …
We, the undersigned NGOs, call on the international community to press Saudi Arabian authorities to immediately and unconditionally …
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22 August 2022 Dear Meta Human Rights and “MENA” Teams, The undersigned civil society organizations working in Arabic-speaking …
Update: The deadline is Sunday, September 18. There is no doubt that today’s digital spaces are mainly ruled …
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