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A New (Non-)Privacy Policy from WhatsApp? [A comparison between messaging applications]
Tech and media companies are exploiting free, popular apps to increase their access to personal data; and WhatsApp has just…
Website Blocking in the Arab Region: Monitoring and Counteraction Techniques
Governments in various Arab countries are increasingly investing in financial and human resources to control internet content and the free…
Content Moderation Bias: Zoom, Facebook, and YouTube Cancel Leila Khaled
On September 23, Zoom cancelled a virtual event featuring the Palestinian Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine’s (PFLP) veteran…
#NoExamShutdown: 4 MENA countries shut down the internet so far “to fight cheating”!
This year, governments in the Middle East and North Africa have continued to shut down and throttle the internet during…
How To Open Your Data: SMEX Is Here To Help
In the wake of the August 4th explosion in Beirut, there was a significant response from civil society trying to…
How The Global Internet Disruption Affected Lebanon
On Sunday afternoon, Lebanese internet users reported an internet disruption that made it almost impossible to access platforms like Twitter….
The TikTok Case: A New Platform to Oppress Women in Egypt
Egyptian authorities are arresting an increasing number of women on different charges related to their social media activity; in some…