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Social Responsibility Is A Business Matter: A Guide For Tech SMEs In Lebanon
In Lebanon, telcos and major tech companies tend to impact users’ privacy and freedom of expression. A 2018 SMEX report…
Sudan junta shuts down Internet to cover-up horrific human rights violations
Following the massacre of peaceful protesters at a sit-in near the Army Headquarters in Khartoum on June 2nd, Sudan’s Transitional…
Statement: Block of Grindr App in Lebanon
On Friday, January 18th, reports indicated that Grindr, a popular online dating application used by LGBTI individuals, had been blocked…
Online Privacy Threats to Women and LGBTIQ Communities in Lebanon
As part of the 16 Days Against Gender Based Violence, we are releasing our new report “Online Privacy Threats to…
Gulf Countries Use Canadian Filtering Technology to Block Entire Categories of Websites
Researchers revealed in April that internet filtering technologies produced by Netsweeper, an Ontario-based technology company with offices in the UAE…