Lara Bitar • 05 Jan 2017

Why Boycott Lebanon’s Mobile Phone Operators, Alfa and touch?

A self-described independent youth movement is waging what it is referring to as a “polite struggle” (الكفاح_المهذب#) against state corruption…

smexadmin • 14 Dec 2016

SMEX Launches Inaugural Report on Digital Surveillance in Lebanon

  In the absence of a comprehensive constitutional framework on privacy rights and data protection in Lebanon and amid a…

smexadmin • 08 Dec 2016

Self-Expression is not a Crime: Release Bassel al-Amin

Feature image via Mawtoura:  A Lebanese satirical blog. Bassel al-Amin, a Lebanese journalism student in his early 20s, is still…

smexadmin • 23 Nov 2016

Join SMEX and LUSH in the Fight Against Internet Shutdowns

 Feature image via Smex.org: Every voice helps, add yours now! The Internet keeps you connected, so help us #KeepItOn! Every night…

smexadmin • 10 Nov 2016

Duraz Internet Shutdown has cost residents more than 100,000 Bahraini Dinars (about 265,000 USD)

Feature image via Google Maps: Location of the village of Duraz in the North of Bahrain. This article was posted…

smexadmin • 07 Nov 2016

Civil Society Statement: Voluntary Agreements between Israel and Social Media Companies Threaten Free Expression

Feature image via https://www.facebook.com/FaceBCensorsPalestine : a Facebook Page that protests the Israel-Facebook agreement. SIGN THE STATEMENT In early September, the…

smexadmin • 21 Sep 2016

A Crowdmapping Initiative to Medically-Check the Homeless

Feature image via Wikimedia Commons.     The increasing number of homeless people in Beirut streets can be attributed to…