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The Oversight Board’s decision on Palestine is a step in the right direction, now Facebook needs to step up
We, the undersigned organizations, welcome the recent decision by Facebook’s Oversight Board on Facebook’s unjustified removal of news content related…
RDR Corporate Accountability Index: Tech Companies in the Region Have Unregulated Power
Advancements in technology in the past decade have led tech companies to wield unprecedented power over the online sphere. Despite…
Facebook’s Moderation ‘Mistakes’ Silence Palestinian Voices
On September 14, Facebook’s Oversight Board issued a decision to restore a post originally published by Al-Jazeera’s Facebook page, featuring…
Yemen: The Race for Censorship
As the war in Yemen rages on, and while the country is witnessing the world’s worst humanitarian crisis according to…
Privacy and Data Protection Law: Lessons from Covid-19 Patient-Tracing Apps [Bread&Net 2020 Session]
In this #BreadandNet 2020 session moderated by Accessnow’s Marwa Fatafta, Senior Legal Consultant Mohammad Moghabat, Joey Shia, and Etienne Manyier…
Humanitarian chatbots: how can we “meet people where they are” while supporting digital rights?
A chatbot is an artificial intelligence feature that can be used in websites and different platforms like Facebook or Twitter…
Is Lebanese citizens’ data safe on IMPACT’s platforms?
Update: IMPACT responded to the concerns raised in this article with some clarifications about some of the mentioned points. In…