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smexadmin • 02 Sep 2016

#HACKINGEXTREMISM: How Did Community Groups Counter Violent Extremism?

Feature image via Smex: Maya and Nancy Yamout, “Rescue Me” organization.       The advancement of the internet and…

  • CVE
  • Events
  • Hacking Extremism
smexadmin • 22 Aug 2016

Preparing New Voices to Shape Internet Governance in the Middle East

Feature image via Smex.org: Participants, partners and organizers of the 2016 Middle East and Adjoining Countries School on Internet Governance…

  • Digital Rights
  • Internet Governance
  • Lebanon
smexadmin • 19 Aug 2016

The New Tasharuk Is Live!

With many tools emerging everyday, resource-strapped organizations and activists are finding it challenging to make use of them all, in…

  • Lebanon
  • Resources
  • Smex
smexadmin • 16 Aug 2016

SMEX Investigates: Who’s Watching Us?

Feature image via Pixabay.com       Who’s watching us? In providing evidence-based answers to this question, SMEX is pleased…

  • E-Government Programs
  • Electronic Surveillance
  • Investiagtions
smexadmin • 19 Jul 2016

Feature image via Wikipedia.       Lebanon will adopt a new biometric passport by the end of July 2016,…

  • Biometric Passport
  • Data Protection
  • Lebanese Government
smexadmin • 13 Jun 2016

2000 Eyes to Surveil Beirut by Year’s End

Feature image via needpix.com          By the end of 2016, Beirutis’ driving and other public activities will…

  • Beirut
  • Beirut Municipality
  • Guardia System
smexadmin • 09 Jun 2016

“Net-Wasel” Digital Rights Podcasts

Feature image via literalis.net: Podcasting” by Nicolas Solop CC BY 2.0. SMEX is pleased to announce the launch of its Arabic-language…

  • Digital Rights
  • Lebanon
  • MENA region
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