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Ndubuaku Kanayo • 24 Jan 2023

Qatar’s Tech Opulence during the World Cup Placed Digital Rights at Risk

Football fans in the Arab region experienced the FIFA World Cup on home soil for the first time in the…

  • Data Security
  • Digital Rights
  • FIFA
Ragheb Malli • 04 Nov 2022

After Algeria’s Hirak Movement: Retaliation Against Digital Spaces

  • Algeria
  • Algeria
  • Freedom of Expression
Abed Kataya • 03 Mar 2022

Lebanon: SMEX Demands a New Privacy Law

We appreciate the Lebanese Central Inspection’s efforts to seriously consider and respond to inquiries by SMEX and other organizations regarding…

  • Daem
  • Daem
  • Digital Rights
SMEX • 09 Nov 2021

The National Poverty Targeting Program Risks Lebanese Citizens’ Data

As our mission is to protect Lebanese citizens’ right to digital privacy, we ran a technical security and privacy analysis…

  • Lebanon
  • Ministry of Social Affairs
  • personal data
SMEX • 02 Apr 2020

MENA Digital Threats and controls [Video]

During Bread&Net 2019, the MENA Digital Threats and Controls session discussed the most prevalent types of digital threats  and patterns…

  • Bread&Net
  • Digital Security
  • Privacy
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