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Net neutrality issues in Arab region?
Feature image: Speakers of the Workshop ” Net Neutrality”. Net neutrality (also known as net equality) means that internet…
New Site Tracks Global Online Censorship by Social Media Platforms
As it happens, governments, like Lebanon’s, are not the only ones censoring online expression. Internet companies, including Facebook, Twitter, and…
Are Alfa and Touch violating user rights by imposing the national anthem ringing tone?
Last Friday, the Lebanese population woke up to the Lebanese national anthem as the new ringing tone for both national…
SMEX Joins the IFEX Network!
We are excited to announce that SMEX is now a full member IFEX, the International Freedom of Expression Exchange. The…
After Blasts That Killed 43 People, Lebanon Asks: ‘What About Us?’
Feature image via Twitter @zahri_abbas: The Beirut blasts, claimed by ISIS, killed 43 people. After the deadly Beirut blasts, friends…