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Metehan Durmaz • 19 May 2025

AI Investments in the Gulf: Opportunities and Surveillance Risks

Methodology All findings and analyses were developed through the review of publicly available information, including online articles, research papers, investment…

  • GCC
  • Gulf
  • Pegasus
SMEX • 05 Mar 2025

Policy Brief: The Human Rights Risks of Big Tech’s Cloud Expansion in the Gulf

This policy brief is based on the 2024 research report “Mapping Tech Companies’ Cloud Expansion in the Gulf and its…

  • Brief
  • cloud
  • CYRILLA
Aksel Eck • 14 Mar 2024

Mapping Tech Companies’ Cloud Expansion in the Gulf and its Human Rights Implications

Since 2018, an increasing number of companies, mainly from the U.S. and China, launched cloud regions and data centers in…

  • alibaba
  • Alphabet
  • Amazon
Yasser Fawzy • 14 Apr 2022

When Data Collection Becomes a Threat

  • Data Collection
  • Data Protection
  • Gulf