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Everyone else owns subsea cables. Why doesn’t Lebanon?
Subsea cables are the hidden infrastructure of the internet. They are fiber-optic systems laid across seabeds, carrying around 98 percent…
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…
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…
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…
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…
