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Tell social media companies: improve your content moderation practices for SRHR content [Petition]
Acknowledging the importance of protecting sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) both offline and online in the West Asia and…
Mass attack targeting pagers in Lebanon: What happened?
Eight people were killed and over 2,000 injured when hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members in Lebanon exploded in…
“From the river to the sea” stays on Meta, OSB rules
On September 4, in a modest but important win for freedom of expression, Meta’s independent Oversight Board ruled that the…
A New Golden Age of Digital Piracy? [Opinion]
The bootleg DVD store and delivery service known as Nabilnet, a once iconic establishment and household name in Beirut, shut…
Escalating crackdown on free speech in the Gulf
Escalating crackdown on free speech in the Gulf On May 29, Saudi Arabia’s Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) sentenced Professor Asaad Al-Ghamdi…
Why did Türkiye ban Instagram for nine days?
In early August 2024, Turkey made headlines by imposing a sudden and controversial ban on Instagram, one of the country’s…
Bribery, bureaucracy, and e-signatures: Lebanon jolts toward digital transformation
On February 10, 2024, the Lebanese Council of Ministers approved the Decree on Electronic Official Documents and Electronic Signatures, a…
Tech at the Service of Occupation
A recent investigation by Israeli media confirmed that the occupation has been relying on tech giants’ cloud services to store…