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Everyone else owns subsea cables. Why doesn’t Lebanon?
Subsea cables are the hidden infrastructure of the internet. They are fiber-optic systems laid across seabeds, carrying around 98 percent…
Dual-use and dual damage: what the targeting of data centers means for civilians
For the first time in military history, private-sector commercial data centers have been deliberately targeted and damaged in an active…
Solidarity in times of crisis: what RightsCon 2026’s cancellation means for civil society
RightsCon 2026, one of the biggest in-person convenings for digital rights, was de facto cancelled after Zambia’s government postponed it…
The Platform Doesn’t Speak Arabic. Women Are Paying for It.
The systems that govern speech online were not built for Arabic-speaking users. Women across the Arab world are paying the…
[Opinion] Israeli leaflets with QR codes could be after Lebanese metadata
On March 13, thousands of leaflets dropped over Beirut. At the bottom sat QR codes A month later, the question…
Will national roaming actually keep Lebanon connected in wartime?
Shortly before the escalation of the Israeli war on Lebanon in early March, Lebanon’s two national telecom operators, Alfa and…
Rotten Apple: An Invasive Threat Actor Targeting Civil Society in Lebanon
Executive Summary The SMEX Digital Forensic Lab presents a report on a spear-phishing campaign that targeted a high profile Lebanese…