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How to add a flag to your Facebook profile picture?
If you’ve been active on social media in the past four days, you probably know about the tragedies that have…
Freedom of Expression Regressing in Lebanon, Online and On the Ground
Feature image via Facebook: Student Ashraf al-Rasheeni with a picture of his degree. Five civil activists have spent their eighth…
Free Alaa Campaign Takes Social Media by Storm on the First Anniversary of His Imprisonment
It’s been a year since the imprisonment of Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah, an icon of the Egyptian revolution, for…
IPv6 Coordination Meeting, Beirut
Feature image via wikimedia.org. The RIPE NCC, in coordination with Data Consult, presents IPv6 Week in Beirut. IPv6 Week comprises…
Digital Citizen 3.7
Fetaure image via Marcie Casas, CC by 2.0 Digital Citizen is a biweekly review of news, policy, and research on…
Lebanon Premiere of CITIZENFOUR Draws more than 150 Attendees and Generates Discussion on Local Surveillance
Feature image: CITIZENFOUR with Arabic subtitles. Last week, SMEX hosted, in collaboration with Ashkal Alwan, the Lebanon premiere of the Laura Poitras documentary…
Turning Laws into Data on Arab Digital Rights
Have you ever wondered how many anti-cybercrime laws are in force in Arab countries? What about anti-terror laws? Or how many…