Mahmoud Ghazayel • 09 Sep 2020

COVID-19 Fake News in Lebanon: Who Is Responsible?

The advent of COVID-19 (known locally as the coronavirus) in Lebanon last February has further deepened existing divisions within certain…

  • Corona
  • COVID19
  • Facts
Majd Al-Shihabi • 03 Sep 2020

How To Open Your Data: SMEX Is Here To Help

In the wake of the August 4th explosion in Beirut, there was a significant response from civil society trying to…

  • Beirut Blast
  • Beirut Explosion
  • Data Collection
Abed Kataya • 31 Aug 2020

How The Global Internet Disruption Affected Lebanon

On Sunday afternoon, Lebanese internet users reported an internet disruption that made it almost impossible to access platforms like Twitter….

  • CenturyLink
  • Cloudfare
  • Internet global outage
SMEX • 13 Jul 2020

Lebanon: New Coalition to Defend Free Speech

(Beirut, June 7, 2020) –   14 Lebanese and international organizations announced on July 13, 2020 the formation of a…

  • Coalition to Defend Freedom of Expression in Lebanon
  • Freedom of speech
  • Freedom Of Speech
Abed Kataya • 06 Jul 2020

Mapping the telecom outages in Lebanon

Report any telecommunications outage that happens in Lebanon by filling out this form. We will use this information to update…

  • Alfa
  • Currency
  • DSL
SMEX • 03 Jun 2020

The Case of the Blocked Blogger: How the MoT continues to violate free expression in Lebanon

The blog-publishing service Blogger (*.blogspot.com) is blocked in Lebanon on the 3G networks of both mobile operators, Alfa and Touch….

  • Alfa
  • Blospot
  • Censorship
SMEX • 14 May 2020

Moving Bread&Net 2020 Online!

The safety of the digital rights community is always our first priority. That’s why, with so much uncertainty about the…

  • breadandnet
  • Digital Rights
  • Lebanon