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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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
Shawarma, Baklava, and Digital Rights Law: Reflections from a Community Workshop on Digital Rights Legal Data at the 2017 Internet Governance Forum
Feature image via SMEX,Geneva, December 19, 2017: SMEX Executive Co-Director Jessica Dheere welcomes participants to our interactive workshop on data,…
Beirut-Based Global Cyber-Espionage Campaign a Threat to Local Freedoms
Feature image via the Dark Caracal technical report: revealing the researchers’ observed locations of compromised devices. A major cyber-espionage campaign…