smexadmin • 16 Mar 2018

A Busy Week for Information Control in Egypt: Fake News Hotlines and Apparently the Government Is Building the New Facebook?

On Monday, multiple agencies within the Egyptian government announced pernicious, albeit unconventional, methods of information control ahead of this weekend’s…

smexadmin • 14 Mar 2018

Syrian Government Passes New Anti-Cybercrime Bill

Feature image via Breaking News Syria August 7, 2017: The headquarters of Syrian Criminal Security, the apparatus that runs the…

smexadmin • 10 Feb 2018

“Out of Coverage Area:” Sinai Peninsula Residents Unreachable

Feature image via twitter the Egyptian activist group of April 6 Movement, February 8, 2018: twitted under the hashtag “Sinai…

smexadmin • 06 Feb 2018

State of Privacy Lebanon

[leap_iframe width=”100%” height=”400px” scrolling=”yes” url=”http://smex.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/State_of_Privacy_01_18.pdf”] As part of an ongoing collaboration with Privacy International, SMEX produced ”State of Privacy Lebanon,” a…

smexadmin • 26 Jan 2018

Security Tips in the Wake of the “Dark Caracal” Report

On January 18, researchers at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and security company Lookout published a report uncovering a global…

smexadmin • 24 Jan 2018

Dependent Yet Disenfranchised: The Policy Void That Threatens the Rights of Mobile Users in Arab States

[leap_iframe width=”100%” height=”500px” scrolling=”yes” url=”https://smex.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/SMEX-Dependent-Yet-Disenfranchised-v2.pdf”]   In the context of growing government control of mobile networks and a lack of…

smexadmin • 24 Jan 2018

Human Rights Organizations Call for Investigation Into Arbitrary Surveillance Program in Lebanon

Feature image via Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch: A large watchful eye observes as three laptops display information on their screens.  (Beirut) –…