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Misguiding Multistakeholderism: A Non-Governmental Perspective on the Arab IGF
This article was written by SMEX’s Jessica Dheere and Asser Khattab and published in the Global Information Society Watch 2017…
A Brief History of Personal Data Collection in Lebanon
In December 2017, the Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunications, headed by Minister Jamal Jarrah, started taking steps to mandate biometric registration…
Lebanon IGF Advisory Committee Hosts Pre-Launch Event at AUB
Feature image via Lebanon IGF, Friday, December 8, 2017: Left to right: Jessica Dheere, Roula Mikhael, Dr. Charbel…
Internet Shutdown in Yemen: Recurring Disruptions Threaten Civilian Safety, Human Rights, and Press Freedom
Feature image: Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Data depicts the outage of the internet in Yemen on the night of Thursday,…
#GenderTech Confronts Gender-Based Violence in MENA
Feature image viaOxfam/The Media Booth, November 24, 2017, Beirut, Lebanon: Arab feminists discuss how to counter online violence. Is…
#FreeMustafaSbeity: With the Detention of Lebanese Poet, Authorities Show Lack of Grace
Update on December 13, 2017: After 15 days of detention, poet Mustafa Sbeity was released on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, after…
MENA Internet Freedom Roundup: October 2017
From the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s attempt to criminalize online speech to its development of advanced facial recognition technology,…