SMEX • 02 Aug 2022

Statement to condemn the continued blocking of Al-Manassa’s website

  • Al-Manassa
  • blocking
  • Censorship
David Krott • 26 May 2021

Part II: What do social media platforms and the Russian company Nornickel have in common? In search of a form of international liability for legal persons. [Opinion]

PART II Social media and the environment have one common denominator: both fields need a strict international legal approach, as…

  • Censorship
  • Community Standards
  • Environmental Crimes
Eline Labey • 12 May 2021

Part I: What do social media platforms and the Russian company Nornickel have in common? In search of a form of international liability for legal persons. [Opinion]

PART I How do Donald Trump’s banishment from social media, the removal of Syrian war videos, and a major leak…

  • Business And Human Rights
  • Censorship
  • Digital Platforms
Marianne Rahme • 30 Apr 2021

Google Cloud’s Data Center in KSA raises data privacy concerns in the region

In a decision to expand their global network with new cloud regions, Google announced in December 2020 that Google Cloud…

  • Business And Human Rights
  • Censorship
  • Data Centers
Tala Ramadan • 01 Apr 2021

Clubhouse: the popular audio-only app gets banned in MENA?

Launched around the initial lockdown phase in March 2020, Clubhouse has become a space for virtual audio hang-outs and more…

  • Audio
  • Censorship
  • Clubhouse
Marianne Rahme • 12 Mar 2021

Internet Censorship in Lebanon: The Case of Currency Exchange Rate Online Platforms

As the Lebanese economy continues to deteriorate, the unofficial exchange rate between the dollar and the lira, officially pegged at…

  • Censorship
  • DNS
  • E-Transactions and Personal Data Law
Abed Kataya • 25 Sep 2020

Content Moderation Bias: Zoom, Facebook, and YouTube Cancel Leila Khaled

On September 23, Zoom cancelled a virtual event featuring the Palestinian Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine’s (PFLP) veteran…

  • AMED Studies Center
  • Censorship
  • Content Moderation