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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…
Lebanon: Ensure Draft Media Law Upholds Free Expression
Recently Proposed Amendments Would Restrict Rights (Beirut, September 16, 2025) – Lebanon’s parliament should ensure that a draft media law…
New content moderation rules harm Arabic SRHR advocacy online
The New Rules of the GameIn early 2025, Instagram and TikTok flagged several Arabic-language sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR)…
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…
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’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…
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…
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…