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Internet Shutdown in Yemen: Recurring Disruptions Threaten Civilian Safety, Human Rights, and Press Freedom
Feature image: Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Data depicts the outage of the internet in Yemen on the night of Thursday,…
#GenderTech Confronts Gender-Based Violence in MENA
Feature image viaOxfam/The Media Booth, November 24, 2017, Beirut, Lebanon: Arab feminists discuss how to counter online violence. Is…
#FreeMustafaSbeity: With the Detention of Lebanese Poet, Authorities Show Lack of Grace
Update on December 13, 2017: After 15 days of detention, poet Mustafa Sbeity was released on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, after…
MENA Internet Freedom Roundup: October 2017
From the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s attempt to criminalize online speech to its development of advanced facial recognition technology,…
Feminist Editathon Rewrites Women’s Role in History on Wikipedia
Women’s innumerable contributions to society have long been sidelined. In a move to document and make these achievements accessible…
Hacklab 5: Freedom of Expression Online
In our fifth hacklab of “Abtal el-fada’ el-raqmi” (أبطال الفضاء الرقمي), we hosted a discussion on freedom of expression online,…
Building Trust: Toward a Legal Framework that Protects Personal Data in Lebanon [Report]
[box]To read or download the report, find it at the bottom of the page. We also held a panel discussion…