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Zeinab Ismail • 26 Feb 2025

Google’s DNS Ban in Iraq Restricts Internet Freedom 

This article was prepared in collaboration with the Iraqi Network for Social Media (INSM). The Iraqi government, through the Telecommunications…

  • DNS
  • Freedom Of Expression
  • Iraq
Marianne Rahme • 12 Mar 2021

Internet Censorship in Lebanon: The Case of Currency Exchange Rate Online Platforms

As the Lebanese economy continues to deteriorate, the unofficial exchange rate between the dollar and the lira, officially pegged at…

  • Censorship
  • DNS
  • E-Transactions and Personal Data Law
SMEX • 26 Feb 2021

Domain Name System in Times of COVID 19 [Bread&Net 2020 Session]

In this #BreadandNet 2020 session, Fahd Batayneh, ICANN’s Stakeholder Engagement Senior Manager (Middle East) explains the domain name system; i.e….

  • breadandnet
  • Breadandnet 2020
  • COVID19