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SMEX relaunches its Digital Rights Fund (DRF) for 2026!
Are you a tech geek, grassroots initiative, student, independent researcher, or civil society organization looking to fund your digital rights…
New Study: Women as Political Actors in Lebanon’s October War
Israel’s war on Lebanon was not merely a military confrontation broadcast on screens. At its core, it was a war…
Oracle in Lebanon could threaten digital sovereignty
The American company Oracle and Lebanon’s Minister of State for Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Kamal Shehadeh, recently signed an undisclosed…
How much longer can Syrians afford the internet?
Telecommunication prices in Syria have increased nearly a thousandfold, drawing public attention and concern. However, the Syrian Ministry of Telecommunications…
Bread&Net 2025: Building a collective movement for digital rights in the WANA region
Bread&Net took place in Beirut in October 2025, bringing together more than 550 participants from across the West Asia and…
Meta’s 2024 Human Rights Report: too little, too late
In a long-overdue move, Meta finally published its 2024 annual human rights report in December 2025, strategically releasing it just…
MENA Case Study: Civil Society Organizations’ Engagement in Internet Governance Legal Frameworks: The Case of Cybercrime Laws
How did civil society organizations in West Asia and North Africa respond to the enactment of cybercrime laws? What are…
SMEX relance son Fonds pour les droits numériques (Digital Rights Fund – DRF) pour 2026!
Vous êtes un passionné de technologie, une initiative de terrain, un/e étudiant/e, un chercheur/se indépendant/e ou une organisation faisant partie…