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Policy Brief: The Human Rights Risks of Big Tech’s Cloud Expansion in the Gulf
This policy brief is based on the 2024 research report “Mapping Tech Companies’ Cloud Expansion in the Gulf and its…
SMEX Launches the Inaugural Mariam Al-Shafei Fellowship on Technology and Human Rights 2023
SMEX launched the inaugural Mariam Al-Shafei Fellowship on Technology and Human Rights in November 2022 to bring new minds and…
Will Qatar Get a Red Card on Digital Rights?: What you should know if you are traveling to Qatar for the World Cup
In the coming days, Qatar will find itself at the center of attention. The country is hosting one of the…
Technology in service of public interest
With the continuing crises that Lebanon and the world are facing, we at SMEX have sought ways in which free…