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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,…
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…
Meta in X’s steps: how new content moderation policy changes endanger the digital space in WANA and abroad
In a video published on January 7, 2025, Meta’s multibillionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg informed users about new policy changes that…
Social media might be harming pregnant women’s mental and physical health
After eight months of marriage, Rana, a young Jordanian living in Amman, discovered she was pregnant. She had just started…
Lebanon’s students battle war, displacement, and a failing education system
The outbreak of Israel’s war on Lebanon has forcibly displaced about 1.2 million people from their homes and disrupted the…
Lebanon’s MoT postwar plan: no definite timeframe, funding, nor statistics!
Lebanon’s telecom networks, Ogero, touch, and Alfa, suffered damage and losses estimated at around USD 67 million due to the…
The new UN Cybercrime Convention: aims and pitfalls
In this series of articles, SMEX analyzes the objectives and limitations of the Cybercrime Convention adopted on August 8, 2024…