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ToTok, Baz and Others: UAE and KSA Promote Unsafe Communication Apps
Since October 7, 2023, several social media applications have removed content related to Palestine. This shadowbanning, that continues until today,…
Social media might be harming pregnant women’s mental and physical health
After eight months of marriage, Rana, a young Jordanian living in Amman, discovered she was pregnant. She had just started…
Lebanon’s MoT postwar plan: no definite timeframe, funding, nor statistics!
Lebanon’s telecom networks, Ogero, touch, and Alfa, suffered damage and losses estimated at around USD 67 million due to the…
The new UN Cybercrime Convention: aims and pitfalls
In this series of articles, SMEX analyzes the objectives and limitations of the Cybercrime Convention adopted on August 8, 2024…
Project “Presight”: Jordanian health data under Israeli control
Jordanian MP Abdulraouf Al-Rubaihat sparked controversy after criticizing the Jordanian government’s contract with “Presight,” a project aiming to bring forward…
Digital Rights During the War on Lebanon: November 21, 2024
Beirut, November 21, 2024 | As Israel’s war on Lebanon persists, people in Lebanon fear being surveilled or tracked digitally….
Can Lebanon access the internet through satellites?
Fears of a nationwide internet outage are mounting after nearly 50 days of intensified Israeli aggression on Lebanon. In October…