SMEX • 09 Sep 2022

Amazon Launches Data Region in the UAE

  • Amazon
  • Digital Authoritarianism
  • Digital Rights
SMEX • 29 Aug 2022

Saudi authorities must release women’s rights activist Salma al-Shehab

We, the undersigned NGOs, call on the international community to press Saudi Arabian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release women’s…

  • Digital Rights
  • Freedom Of Speech
  • Human Rights
SMEX • 24 Jan 2022

YEMEN: Internet and Telecommunications are NOT Military Targets!

YEMEN is currently plunged in a nationwide internet blackout after Saudi-led airstrikes targeted a telecommunications building in the Houthi-held city…

  • Connectivity
  • Digital Rights
  • Human Rights
SMEX • 22 Dec 2021

Tunisia: New prosecutions resurrect shadow of dictatorship [Crosspost]

This article was written by Yosr Jouini and published on Global Voices on December 16, 2021. On July 25, 2021,…

  • Crosspost
  • Digital Rights
  • Freedom Of Expression
Abed Kataya • 21 Sep 2021

Facebook’s Moderation ‘Mistakes’ Silence Palestinian Voices

On September 14, Facebook’s Oversight Board issued a decision to restore a post originally published by Al-Jazeera’s Facebook page, featuring…

  • Al Jazeera
  • bias
  • Content Moderation
Sawsan Abo Alsondos • 24 Aug 2021

Jordan: Another Excuse for Controlling the Internet

It is estimated that more than 9.4 million people use the Internet in Jordan, according to the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission…

  • arab world
  • Digital Rights
  • Freedom Of Expression
amel gimish • 18 Aug 2021

Telecommunications in Sudan at the Mercy of the US Dollar

In December 2020, people in Sudan found themselves paying more for the same old Internet data bundles, without necessarily finding…

  • arab world
  • COVID19
  • Digital Rights