SMEX • 10 Oct 2024

Digital Rights During the War on Lebanon: October 10, 2024

Beirut, October 10, 2024 | This week, towns and villages across the South and the Beqaa, as well as areas…

  • Censorship
  • Lebanon
  • Messages
Metehan Durmaz • 23 Aug 2024

Why did Türkiye ban Instagram for nine days?

In early August 2024, Turkey made headlines by imposing a sudden and controversial ban on Instagram, one of the country’s…

  • Censorship
  • Content Moderation
  • Instagram Ban
Dionysia Peppa • 23 Apr 2024

Section 230: a warden of freedom of expression, or a loophole for escaping accountability?

Today, censorship in the US is under severe scrutiny from millions around the world who are witnessing the wave of…

  • Censorship
  • Internet
  • Section 230
Zeinab Ismail • 20 Mar 2024

Saudi Authorities Monopolize Media and Advertising Discourse “by Law”

Through global forums and media, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been keen on spreading progressive discourse in an effort…

  • Censorship
  • Digital Rights
  • Freedom Of Expression
SMEX • 15 Mar 2024

Tell Meta: Stop Silencing Palestine

Press Release 14 March 2024 Palestinian and global digital rights groups bring top Meta executive to the table on issues…

  • Algorithm
  • Censorship
  • Gaza
Metehan Durmaz • 22 Feb 2024

Kuwait’s cybercrime law extends censorship to the online realm

Following the waves of protests in the 2010s, both in the region and throughout the world, from Africa to South…

  • Censorship
  • Cybercrime Law
  • Freedom of Expression
Najm Al-Deen Kassem • 24 Aug 2023

Threats to Ban YouTube and Facebook in Yemen

On July 18, 2023, YouTube terminated around 20 Houthi-affiliated channels for “violating YouTube’s community guidelines.” In response to these restrictions,…

  • Censorship
  • Houthis
  • Social Media
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