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The New Tasharuk Is Live!
With many tools emerging everyday, resource-strapped organizations and activists are finding it challenging to make use of them all, in…
SMEX Investigates: Who’s Watching Us?
Feature image via Pixabay.com Who’s watching us? In providing evidence-based answers to this question, SMEX is pleased…
Digital Citizen 4.5
Feature image via U.S army: Iraqi school students, Basra University. SPOTLIGHT ON INTERNET SHUTDOWNS In early June, Algeria’s Baccalaureate exams…
Algeria Reconsiders Blocking Social Media to Prevent Cheating on Exams
Feature image via Leswer, Wikimedia Commons. The Internet was accessible again in Algeria at 3 p.m. last…
2000 Eyes to Surveil Beirut by Year’s End
Feature image via needpix.com By the end of 2016, Beirutis’ driving and other public activities will…
“Net-Wasel” Digital Rights Podcasts
Feature image via literalis.net: Podcasting” by Nicolas Solop CC BY 2.0. SMEX is pleased to announce the launch of its Arabic-language…