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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
SMEX • 08 Aug 2024

Digital Safety Helpdesk: Meta Suspends More Lebanese WhatsApp Accounts

Last June, the Digital Safety Helpdesk at SMEX handled a surge in account suspensions and activity restrictions, which comprised 38%…

  • Content Moderation
  • Cyberviolence
  • Digital Safety Helpdesk
SMEX • 16 Jul 2024

Digital Safety Helpdesk Statistics: Rising Electronic Repression in the Region

In May, SMEX’s Digital Safety Helpdesk addressed 133 digital threats spanning account suspensions, cyber violence, sexual blackmail, content moderation, and…

  • Content Moderation
  • Cyberviolence
  • Digital Safety Helpdesk
Zeinab Ismail • 23 Feb 2024

Meta Contemplates Banning the Use of the Term “Zionist”

Laying the Ground for Further Repression of Palestine’s Supporters 73 civil society organizations, including SMEX, have urged Meta to reverse…

  • Content Moderation
  • Digital Authoritarianism
  • DOI list
Dionysia Peppa • 27 Oct 2023

From Sheikh Jarrah to Gaza: Meta continues to systematically censor the Palestinian narrative

On October 13, Meta released a statement outlining a series of measures introduced by the company to moderate harmful content…

  • Content Moderation
  • Meta
  • Palestine
SMEX • 27 Sep 2022

Statement Regarding BSR’s HRA for Meta on Palestine & Israel

  • BSR
  • Content Moderation
  • Facebook
SMEX • 22 Sep 2022

Meta censored Palestinians last May – independent audit report confirms

  • Censorship
  • Content Moderation
  • Meta
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