Abed Kataya • 11 Jan 2021

A New (Non-)Privacy Policy from WhatsApp? [A comparison between messaging applications]

Tech and media companies are exploiting free, popular apps to increase their access to  personal data; and WhatsApp has just…

  • Apps security
  • Digital Rights
  • Digital Rights
SMEX • 12 Nov 2020

Military-Controlled Telecom Sector and Internet Shutdowns in Sudan

Sudanese authorities suspended internet services across the country last September, under the pretext of preventing cheating during the Secondary Education…

  • Communications Shutdown
  • Digital Rights
  • Internet Shutdown
Abed Kataya • 28 Aug 2020

The TikTok Case: A New Platform to Oppress Women in Egypt

Egyptian authorities are arresting an increasing number of women on different charges related to their social media activity; in some…

  • Anti-Cyber and Information Technology Crimes Law
  • Digital Rights
  • Digital Rights
SMEX • 07 May 2020

Lebanon Blocks Unofficial Exchange Rate Apps, Threatening Right to Access Information

On April 30, 2020, The Lebanese General Prosecutor ordered the Ministry of Telecommunications to compel all internet service providers to…

  • blocking
  • Censorship
  • Digital Rights
SMEX • 22 Apr 2020

Leveraging your users’ data? Think twice

This article appeared first on MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab Region . “It was my mistake and I am sorry.”…

  • Data Protection
  • Digital Rights
  • GDPR
SMEX • 09 Jan 2020

Banning Salmonella song: is it really what matters?

The National Council for Women (NCW) has demanded that Google ceases the broadcast and promotion of the Salmonella song –…

  • Digital Rights
  • Digital Rights
  • Google
Abed Kataya • 25 Nov 2019

Bread&Net 2019: A Digital Rights Revolution

From November 15 to 17, more than 250 participants gathered for Bread&Net 2019 in the heart of Beirut. With the…

  • Bread&Net
  • Bread&Net
  • Digital Rights