Open Letter to Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube: Stop silencing critical voices from the Middle East and North Africa
17 December 2020, Ten years ago today, 26-year old Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire …
Human rights organizations call on Egypt’s government to end internet censorship and website blocking
The undersigning human rights organizations denounce the Egyptian authorities’ blocking of at least 600 websites since May 2017 …
Website Blocking in the Arab Region: Monitoring and Counteraction Techniques
Governments in various Arab countries are increasingly investing in financial and human resources to control internet content and …
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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; …
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Digital Rights Roundup: Lebanese woman gets eights years in Egypt for video, Twitter bans 35 accounts at Israel’s request, and a 15 year old detained in Lebanon for WhatsApp story
Feature image Egypt today, July 2018: A screenshot from Mona el-Mazbouh’s apology video. A Lebanese tourist was sentenced …
Egyptian Parliament Passes Cybercrimes Law to Legitimize its Efforts to Curb Free Speech
Last week, the Egyptian parliament approved a draconian also known as the Cybercrimes law, which compels Internet Service …
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“Youtube Will Be the Biggest Website Banned in Egypt, But Not the First”
Feature image via Youtube: The image Youtube presents when a video is no longer available. On Saturday, Egypt’s …
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ZooPark: New Spyware Campaign Targets Android Users in the MENA
A targeted, albeit relatively unsophisticated, cyberespionage campaign with servers based in Iran has targeted the Android mobile devices …
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A Weeklong Crackdown on Freedom of Expression in the Arab World
Feature image via Pixel. This week, authorities arrested journalists, bloggers, and human rights activists in Saudi Arabia and …
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Uber Ordered to Stop Operations in Egypt, Its Largest and Fastest-Growing Middle East Market
Feature image via Wikimedia Egypt, June 17, 2011: Commons A taxi in Alexandria. Almost exactly one month after …