Ragheb Ghandour • 25 Aug 2020

How To Make A Privacy-Oriented Application During A Crisis

Over the past couple of weeks, state agencies, international organizations, and local initiatives have launched applications to track housing damage,…

SMEX • 13 Jul 2020

Lebanon: New Coalition to Defend Free Speech

(Beirut, June 7, 2020) –   14 Lebanese and international organizations announced on July 13, 2020 the formation of a…

Abed Kataya • 06 Jul 2020

Mapping the telecom outages in Lebanon

Report any telecommunications outage that happens in Lebanon by filling out this form. We will use this information to update…

SMEX • 19 Jun 2020

An Apology from SMEX

Earlier today, SMEX’s former editorial director, Lara Bitar, published a tweet showing that her author page had been removed from…

SMEX • 03 Jun 2020

The Case of the Blocked Blogger: How the MoT continues to violate free expression in Lebanon

The blog-publishing service Blogger (*.blogspot.com) is blocked in Lebanon on the 3G networks of both mobile operators, Alfa and Touch….

Abed Kataya • 27 May 2020

Critical information security issues in Jawaker and how to fix them

Jawaker, a mobile application that witnessed an increase in popularity during the COVID-19 crisis period, has many privacy and security…

SMEX • 07 May 2020

Lebanon Blocks Unofficial Exchange Rate Apps, Threatening Right to Access Information

On April 30, 2020, The Lebanese General Prosecutor ordered the Ministry of Telecommunications to compel all internet service providers to…