SMEX • 22 Apr 2025

Bread&Net: Save the Date!

For many of us, the internet was never a utopia, but a space of possibility. Building upon decades of collaboration…

SMEX • 20 Aug 2025

Policy Paper: Reforming Governance in Lebanon’s Mobile Telecom Sector

Decades of political interference, mismanagement, and corruption have rendered Lebanon’s telecom sector dysfunctional. These systemic failures left users with weak…

SMEX • 13 Aug 2025

Meet the fellows: Mariam Al-Shafei Fellowship on Technology and Human Rights 2024

For the year 2024, SMEX welcomed four non-resident fellows for the Mariam Al-Shafei Fellowship on Technology and Human Rights, committed…

SMEX • 12 Aug 2025

SMEX’s Digital Safety Helpdesk Updates: Summer 2025

Women, minorities, and human rights defenders among the most targeted onlineSMEX’s Digital Safety Helpdesk supports activists, journalists, marginalized groups, and…

Afnan Abu Yahya • 06 Aug 2025

Women journalists learn to use AI chatbots safely despite security risks

This article and the accompanying photographs were produced with the support of UNESCO in Jordan. The views and opinions expressed…

Metehan Durmaz • 29 Jul 2025

Meta claims hate speech is low, but so is the bar

Meta claims that its Community Standards Enforcement Report for the first quarter of 2025 resulted in significant improvement in moderation…

Rym Badran • 29 Jul 2025

What are the critical gaps in Lebanon’s internet infrastructure?

The Internet Society’s latest Country Report on Lebanon reveals a paradox at the core of the country’s internet ecosystem. Although…

Rym Badran • 24 Jul 2025

To reform Lebanon’s telecom sector, start with better governance

In 2024, frequent telecom outages caused by continued Israeli attacks on crucial infrastructure left thousands of families in the South…