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Joint Statement: Iraqi authorities must cease their chilling crackdown on free speech

News SMEX March 3, 2023 March 3, 2023

We, the undersigned organizations, express our deepest concern regarding the Iraqi authorities’ recent campaign to crack down on …

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SMEX Launches the Inaugural Mariam Al-Shafei Fellowship on Technology and Human Rights

News, Projects, Research SMEX March 2, 2023 March 3, 2023

SMEX launched the inaugural Mariam Al-Shafei Fellowship on Technology and Human Rights in November 2022 to bring new …

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Digital Safety Helpdesk Expands beyond West Asia and North Africa

News SMEX February 22, 2023 February 24, 2023

For the second year in a row, Facebook ranked first as the platform where users faced the highest …

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Qatar’s dirty plays call for more accountability on mass surveillance

News SMEX February 16, 2023 February 16, 2023

At the close of last year, people from around the world traveled to Qatar to enjoy a soccer …

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Update to Press Release on Saudi Government Infiltration of Wikipedia, Sentencing Independent Administrators to Prison

News SMEX January 18, 2023 January 18, 2023

(January 18, 2023 – Washington, DC and Beirut): On January 5, 2023, Democracy for the Arab World Now …

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Saudi Arabia: Government Agents Infiltrate Wikipedia, Sentence Independent Admins to Prison

News SMEX January 6, 2023 January 6, 2023

Internal Wikimedia Investigation Results in Termination of Entire Saudi-Based Team of Administrators (January 5, 2023 – New York …

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Mariam Al Shafie… One in a Million

News SMEX January 5, 2023 January 31, 2023

On Thursday, December 29, we received the shocking news of our beloved colleague Mariam’s death. Mariam Al Shafei …

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Fake Meta Business Manager App is a Hacking Tool!

News SMEX January 5, 2023 April 27, 2023

Earlier this month, our Digital Safety Helpdesk received a message from a business owner whose Facebook and Instagram …

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Finalists for Bread&Net Fiction Prize: Digital Utopias And Futures

Bread&Net, Events, News SMEX December 23, 2022 March 21, 2023

There’s no doubt that today’s digital spaces are mainly ruled by a handful of profit-hungry technology megacorporations. Their …

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Red Card on Digital Rights: A summary of Qatar’s foul plays

News, Research SMEX December 15, 2022 December 16, 2022

It’s been three weeks since the start of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, and even if …

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