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Access to Internet in Yemen: A Constant Struggle
Rim Talal, a student at the Faculty of Computer and Information Technology, was unable to attend her online courses at…
Remote Learning and the Digital Divide in Lebanon
With the onset of the economic crisis and the pandemic, Lebanon’s educational system has been thrown into turmoil. Education in…
How Does Palestinian Content Counter the Bias of Social Media Companies?
Palestinian journalist Hani Al-Shaer was not surprised when his Facebook account was deleted for the tenth time during the past…
Lebanon protests: Authorities prey on digital spaces to silence criticism
This article is a crosspost from Global Voices. Editor’s note: This article is part of UPROAR, a Small Media initiative…
Website Blocking in the Arab Region: Monitoring and Counteraction Techniques
Governments in various Arab countries are increasingly investing in financial and human resources to control internet content and the free…
Content Moderation Bias: Zoom, Facebook, and YouTube Cancel Leila Khaled
On September 23, Zoom cancelled a virtual event featuring the Palestinian Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine’s (PFLP) veteran…
#NoExamShutdown: 4 MENA countries shut down the internet so far “to fight cheating”!
This year, governments in the Middle East and North Africa have continued to shut down and throttle the internet during…