Ryan Yunis • 13 Feb 2025

Invasive Israeli software is harvesting data from Samsung users in WANA

Across West Asia and North Africa (WANA), growing concerns about digital surveillance have placed Israeli cybersecurity firms and their software…

SMEX • 06 Feb 2025

Lebanon’s telecom feud disrupts SMS verification system

“I tried downloading both WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business, but I never received the verification codes,” said Rima, who recently purchased…

Fatima Choukeir • 04 Feb 2025

Post-War Internet in Lebanon: Confusion, Exploitation, and Chaos!

Nearly two months after the ceasefire took effect in Lebanon, parts of Beirut’s southern suburbs remain without internet. The government’s…

SMEX • 22 Jan 2025

Manifesto: Towards a Productive and Equitable Telecommunications Sector in Lebanon

We oppose treating the telecommunications sector as a means to impose indirect tax on Lebanon’s residents. We instead call for…

Disinfo Analyst • 21 Jan 2025

Disinformation fuels sectarian unrest in Syria  [Opinion]

After over half a century of oppression under the Assad regime, on December 8, 2024, Syrians awoke to a new…

SMEX • 20 Jan 2025

ToTok, Baz and Others: UAE and KSA Promote Unsafe Communication Apps

Since October 7, 2023, several social media applications have removed content related to Palestine. This shadowbanning, that continues until today,…

SMEX • 17 Jan 2025

Iraq: Balgh platform marks two years as a tool of repression

We, the undersigned human rights organisations, strongly condemn the Iraqi authorities’ continued use of the Balgh platform to monitor online…