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smexadmin • 13 Jul 2016

Feature image via U.S army: Iraqi school students, Basra University. SPOTLIGHT ON INTERNET SHUTDOWNS In early June, Algeria’s Baccalaureate exams…

smexadmin • 09 Jun 2016

Feature image via literalis.net: Podcasting” by Nicolas Solop CC BY 2.0. SMEX is pleased to announce the launch of its Arabic-language…

smexadmin • 16 May 2016

Feature image: Leaked email from an Iraqi ISP alerting recipients of an impending Internet shutdown on May 16, 2016. …

smexadmin • 20 Nov 2015

We are excited to announce that SMEX is now a full member IFEX, the International Freedom of Expression Exchange. The…

smexadmin • 22 Sep 2015

Fetaure image via Marcie Casas, CC by 2.0 Digital Citizen is a biweekly review of news, policy, and research on…

smexadmin • 14 Sep 2015

Have you ever wondered how many anti-cybercrime laws are in force in Arab countries? What about anti-terror laws? Or how many…

smexadmin • 01 Apr 2015

Feature image by thierry ehrmann, CC BY 2.0 Digital Citizen has been re-published from digcit.org Digital Citizen is a biweekly…