Tala Ramadan • 22 Oct 2020

Remote Learning and the Digital Divide in Lebanon

With the onset of the economic crisis and the pandemic, Lebanon’s educational system has been thrown into turmoil. Education in…

  • Covid-19
  • E-learning
  • Education
SMEX • 06 Oct 2020

Lebanon protests: Authorities prey on digital spaces to silence criticism

This article is a crosspost from Global Voices. Editor’s note: This article is part of UPROAR, a Small Media initiative…

  • Beirut
  • Digital Space
  • Freedom Of Expression
Mohamed Taher • 01 Oct 2020

Website Blocking in the Arab Region: Monitoring and Counteraction Techniques

Governments in various Arab countries are increasingly investing in financial and human resources to control internet content and the free…

  • Blocking
  • blocking
  • Egypt
SMEX • 21 Sep 2020

Surveillance in Lebanon: A crisis of privacy

This article is a crosspost from Global Voices. This article is part of UPROAR, a Small Media initiative that is…

  • Crosspost
  • Dark Caracal
  • Digital Surveillance
SMEX • 11 Sep 2020

Security Concerns with Lebanon’s New Contact Tracing App

On September 1, the Ministry of Public Health launched Ma3an – Together Against Corona, a contact-tracing application intended to stop…

  • Contact Tracing
  • Corona
  • Coronavirus
SMEX • 10 Sep 2020

Terranet Should Update Their Infrastructure Security And Be Transparent About Their Users’ Information Safety

On September 8, many websites in Lebanon, including governmental ones, were hacked by an alleged Iranian hacker. After a quick…

  • Data Leak
  • Hack
  • Hacking
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