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Dionysia Peppa • 09 Jan 2025

Meta in X’s steps: how new content moderation policy changes endanger the digital space in WANA and abroad

In a video published on January 7, 2025, Meta’s multibillionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg informed users about new policy changes that…

  • community notes model
  • Digital Rights
  • hate speech
Ragheb Malli • 27 Jan 2023

Heightened Digital Oppression in Egypt

This past October, Egyptian activists used social media to call for protests in parallel with the 27th UN Climate Change…

  • 2022
  • Digital Rights
  • Digital violations
Ndubuaku Kanayo • 24 Jan 2023

Qatar’s Tech Opulence during the World Cup Placed Digital Rights at Risk

Football fans in the Arab region experienced the FIFA World Cup on home soil for the first time in the…

  • Data Security
  • Digital Rights
  • FIFA
Zeinab Ismail • 03 Jan 2023

Etisalat and Ooredoo: Ranking last for the fifth year in a row!

For the fifth year in a row, UAE’s Etisalat and Qatar’s Ooerdoo have ranked in the bottom two places in…

  • Digital Rights
  • Digital spaces
  • Internet
Ismail al-Aghbary • 21 Dec 2022

Yemen: World Cup for those who can afford it

During the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Ahmad Nasher, a 27-year-old Yemeni, worked tirelessly to re-route and receive signals of unencrypted…

  • Digital Rights
  • Internet
  • Internet
Nourhane Kazak • 30 Nov 2022

Bread&Net 2022 Wrap Up: Five Years On

This year’s turnout at Bread&Net exceeded our expectations! More than 800 attendees took part in what became the largest convention…

  • Beirut
  • Bread&Net
  • breadandnet
SMEX • 10 Nov 2022

Will Qatar Get a Red Card on Digital Rights?: What you should know if you are traveling to Qatar for the World Cup

In the coming days, Qatar will find itself at the center of attention. The country is hosting one of the…

  • Digital Rights
  • FIFA World Cup
  • Hayya
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