Rym Badran • 29 Jul 2025

What are the critical gaps in Lebanon’s internet infrastructure?

The Internet Society’s latest Country Report on Lebanon reveals a paradox at the core of the country’s internet ecosystem. Although…

  • Infrastructure
  • Internet
  • Lebanon
Rym Badran • 24 Jul 2025

To reform Lebanon’s telecom sector, start with better governance

In 2024, frequent telecom outages caused by continued Israeli attacks on crucial infrastructure left thousands of families in the South…

  • Governance
  • Internet
  • Internet access
SMEX • 17 Jan 2025

Iraq: Balgh platform marks two years as a tool of repression

We, the undersigned human rights organisations, strongly condemn the Iraqi authorities’ continued use of the Balgh platform to monitor online…

  • Ballegh Platform
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Internet
Dionysia Peppa • 23 Apr 2024

Section 230: a warden of freedom of expression, or a loophole for escaping accountability?

Today, censorship in the US is under severe scrutiny from millions around the world who are witnessing the wave of…

  • Censorship
  • Internet
  • Section 230
Safaa Ayyad • 14 Nov 2023

Telecommunications Sector Emergency Plan in Lebanon: Satellite Solutions over Realistic Options

Lebanese Minister of Communications, Johnny Corm, and subsequently by Prime Minister Najib Mikati, expressed their eagerness about finalizing a deal…

  • Internet
  • Lebanon
  • Starlink
Zeinab Ismail • 03 Jan 2023

Etisalat and Ooredoo: Ranking last for the fifth year in a row!

For the fifth year in a row, UAE’s Etisalat and Qatar’s Ooerdoo have ranked in the bottom two places in…

  • Digital Rights
  • Digital spaces
  • Internet
Ismail al-Aghbary • 21 Dec 2022

Yemen: World Cup for those who can afford it

During the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Ahmad Nasher, a 27-year-old Yemeni, worked tirelessly to re-route and receive signals of unencrypted…

  • Digital Rights
  • Internet
  • Internet