smexadmin • 06 Nov 2018

Who controls what we see online? Documentary Screening: The Cleaners

Feature image via the cleaners: Who is controlling what we see… and what we think? The Web that was once created…

  • Docum
  • Events
  • Lebanon
smexadmin • 02 Nov 2018

Internet in Lebanon Remains “Partly Free”

Feature image via Freedom House, November 2018: A map of Freedom House’s “Internet Freedom” rankings. In collaboration with Freedom House,…

  • Internet Freedom
  • Lebanon
  • Reports
smexadmin • 11 Oct 2018

An “Ugly” New Data Protection Law in Lebanon

Feature image via the Daily Star, August 2018: An “Ugly” New Data Protection Law in Lebanon. The English translation of…

  • Data Protection
  • E-Transactions Law
  • Lebanon
smexadmin • 05 Oct 2018

Mobile internet speeds up the Arab countries, but fixed broadband lags behind

 Feature image via Oakla: The internet speed chart in August – Lebanon.  Yet, it is interesting that many of the Arab…

  • Arab Countries
  • Broadband Lags
  • Lebanon
smexadmin • 04 Sep 2018

Who will really pay for the Ministry of Telecommunications’ decision to prevent smuggling mobiles?

Feature image via imlebanon.org: The Ministry of Telecommunications.  Since 2012, Lebanon’s Ministry of Telecommunications has been trying, despite changes in…

  • Lebanon
  • Ministry Of Telecommunications
  • Smuggling Mobiles
smexadmin • 23 Aug 2018

A Snapshot of Digital Rights Coverage in the MENA Region

Introduction One day in early 2015, Habib Battah, an investigative journalist who operates the website Beirut Report, noticed new construction…

  • Digital Rights
  • Habib Battah
  • Journalists
smexadmin • 02 Aug 2018

Ministry of Information Application Threatens Citizens’ Privacy

 Feature image via national news agency, June 2018: Minister of information Melham Riachy launching the Eye Police Application . Eye…

  • Citizens' Privacy
  • Eye Policy
  • Lebanon