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SMEX • 05 Mar 2025

Policy Brief: The Human Rights Risks of Big Tech’s Cloud Expansion in the Gulf

This policy brief is based on the 2024 research report “Mapping Tech Companies’ Cloud Expansion in the Gulf and its…

  • Brief
  • cloud
  • CYRILLA
SMEX • 06 Jul 2023

SMEX-Cyrilla Workshop: Mapping Internet Laws in WANA

“Mapping Internet Laws” is a three-day workshop hosted by SMEX, in collaboration with Cyrilla, to deepen participants’ understanding of the…

  • Advocacy
  • CYRILLA
  • Digital Laws
SMEX • 12 Jun 2023

The CYRILLA Collaborative: Call for Proposals

OVERVIEW OF THE CYRILLA COLLABORATIVE The CYRILLA Collaborative is a global initiative that seeks to map and analyze the evolution…

  • Advocay
  • Call for Proposals
  • CYRILLA
SMEX • 15 Feb 2021

Data Protection and Privacy Laws In MENA: A Case Study Of Covid-19 Contact Tracing Apps [Report]

This report analyzes data protection and privacy laws in Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait. Joey Shea, a…

  • Bahrain
  • Contact Tracing
  • Contact Tracing Apps