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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…
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.”…
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 –…
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…
Iraqi lawyer sues the Minister of Telecommunications for Shutting Down the Internet During Protests
On Wednesday, October 9, Iraqi lawyer Mohammed Joumaa filed a lawsuit against the Iraqi minister of telecommunications for disrupting and shutting…