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SMEX Bread&Net 2020 Domain Name System in Times of COVID 19 [Bread&Net 2020 Session] February 26, 2021 READ MORE Freedom of Speech Crisis in the Tunisian “Facebook Republic” February 22, 2021 READ MORE Big Techs’ Community Standards: Uncontrolled [Opinion] February 18, 2021 READ MORE
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Data Protection and Privacy Laws In MENA: A Case Study Of Covid-19 Contact Tracing Apps [Report]

February 15, 2021 News, Research, Resources
This report analyzes data protection and privacy laws in Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait. Joey Shea, a researcher and analyst specialized in security and political repression, documents the deployment of COVID-19 contact tracing applications in these states. The report, which was supported through CYRILLA’s Applied Advocacy and[...]
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Remote Learning and the Digital Divide in Lebanon

October 22, 2020 News
With the onset of the economic crisis and the pandemic, Lebanon’s educational system has been thrown into turmoil. Education in Lebanon changed dramatically with the distinctive rise of e-learning, whereby teaching is taking place remotely on digital platforms. This abrupt shift to the digital realm has significant academic and social[...]
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Security Concerns with Lebanon’s New Contact Tracing App

September 11, 2020 News
On September 1, the Ministry of Public Health launched Ma3an – Together Against Corona, a contact-tracing application intended to stop the spread of Covid-19. After a preliminary review, SMEX found that although the application collects limited personal data, it contains a few security flaws. The Ministry of Public Health, in[...]
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[Expired] Researcher (Part-Time): Contact-Tracing Apps

August 3, 2020 Opportunities
SMEX is seeking a part-time researcher to work on a project assessing the Lebanese government’s technical response, or lack thereof, to the Covid-19 crisis. The project is part of a comparative study analyzing the implications of the technical measures governments adopted, with a particular focus on the adoption of contact-tracing[...]
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Technology in service of public interest

April 28, 2020 Projects
With the continuing crises that Lebanon and the world are facing, we at SMEX have sought ways in which free knowledge, which is an integral part of the ecosystem of digital rights, can contribute to addressing the emerging problems. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, SMEX has invested in[...]
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