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Iraq: Balgh platform marks two years as a tool of repression
We, the undersigned human rights organisations, strongly condemn the Iraqi authorities’ continued use of the Balgh platform to monitor online…
Meta in X’s steps: how new content moderation policy changes endanger the digital space in WANA and abroad
In a video published on January 7, 2025, Meta’s multibillionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg informed users about new policy changes that…
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 students battle war, displacement, and a failing education system
The outbreak of Israel’s war on Lebanon has forcibly displaced about 1.2 million people from their homes and disrupted the…
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…
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….