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Everyone else owns subsea cables. Why doesn’t Lebanon?
Subsea cables are the hidden infrastructure of the internet. They are fiber-optic systems laid across seabeds, carrying around 98 percent…
Dual-use and dual damage: what the targeting of data centers means for civilians
For the first time in military history, private-sector commercial data centers have been deliberately targeted and damaged in an active…
Solidarity in times of crisis: what RightsCon 2026’s cancellation means for civil society
RightsCon 2026, one of the biggest in-person convenings for digital rights, was de facto cancelled after Zambia’s government postponed it…
Lebanon’s data security problem, explained
As the war escalates, the digital battlefield is proving just as volatile as the physical one putting civilian lives directly…
Shared links can track you. Here is how to get rid of ad trackers
If you’ve ever wondered how platforms seem to know exactly where you came from, like prompting you to follow an…
The Platform Doesn’t Speak Arabic. Women Are Paying for It.
The systems that govern speech online were not built for Arabic-speaking users. Women across the Arab world are paying the…
[Opinion] Israeli leaflets with QR codes could be after Lebanese metadata
On March 13, thousands of leaflets dropped over Beirut. At the bottom sat QR codes A month later, the question…