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New Site Tracks Global Online Censorship by Social Media Platforms
As it happens, governments, like Lebanon’s, are not the only ones censoring online expression. Internet companies, including Facebook, Twitter, and…
Are Alfa and Touch violating user rights by imposing the national anthem ringing tone?
Last Friday, the Lebanese population woke up to the Lebanese national anthem as the new ringing tone for both national…
SMEX Joins the IFEX Network!
We are excited to announce that SMEX is now a full member IFEX, the International Freedom of Expression Exchange. The…
After Blasts That Killed 43 People, Lebanon Asks: ‘What About Us?’
Feature image via Twitter @zahri_abbas: The Beirut blasts, claimed by ISIS, killed 43 people. After the deadly Beirut blasts, friends…
Global Voices’ Hisham Almiraat Faces Trial in Morocco
Feature image via Ellery Biddle Morocco in October 2013 : Hisham Almiraat in his home city of El Jadida. Claudio…
How to add a flag to your Facebook profile picture?
If you’ve been active on social media in the past four days, you probably know about the tragedies that have…
Freedom of Expression Regressing in Lebanon, Online and On the Ground
Feature image via Facebook: Student Ashraf al-Rasheeni with a picture of his degree. Five civil activists have spent their eighth…