smexadmin • 01 May 2016

Considering Countering Violent Extremism in Lebanon

Over the past two years, the strategic use of social media platforms by groups like ISIL has prompted widespread calls…

  • Account Removal
  • Censorship
  • Extremist Content
smexadmin • 08 Jan 2016

Net neutrality issues in Arab region?

Feature image: Speakers of the Workshop ” Net Neutrality”.   Net neutrality (also known as net equality) means that internet…

  • Data Access
  • Facebook
  • Lebanon
smexadmin • 24 Nov 2015

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…

  • Censorship
  • Lebanon
  • Resources
smexadmin • 23 Nov 2015

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…

  • Alfa
  • Lebanon
  • National Anthem Ringing Tone
smexadmin • 20 Nov 2015

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…

  • Digital Rights
  • IFEX
  • International Freedom Of Expression Exchange
smexadmin • 18 Nov 2015

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…

  • Beirut Blast
  • Burj Al-Brajneh
  • Facebook
smexadmin • 05 Nov 2015

Freedom of Expression Regressing in Lebanon, Online and On the Ground

Feature image via Facebook: Student Ashraf al-Rasheeni with a picture of his degree. Five civil activists have spent their eighth…

  • Antonine University
  • Censorship
  • Freedom Of Expression