SMEX • 25 Sep 2024

Digital Rights Amid the War on Lebanon: What You Need to Know

Amid the ongoing Israeli aggression on Lebanon, Israel is exploiting civilian means of communication to intimidate people.  This began when…

  • Lebanon
  • Telecoms
SMEX • 17 Sep 2024

Mass attack targeting pagers in Lebanon: What happened?

Eight people were killed and over 2,000 injured when hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members in Lebanon exploded in…

  • Israel
  • Lebanon
  • Mass Attack
Hanan Hamdan • 21 Aug 2024

Bribery, bureaucracy, and e-signatures: Lebanon jolts toward digital transformation  

On February 10, 2024, the Lebanese Council of Ministers approved the Decree on Electronic Official Documents and Electronic Signatures, a…

  • Data Protection
  • Lebanon
  • لبنان
Lucy Parseghian • 29 Jul 2024

Lebanese authorities punish and humiliate Google reviewers

To document his bad experience at a dental clinic, Adel (a pseudonym) posted a review on Google. Despite adhering to…

  • bad reviews
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Google
Safaa Ayyad • 16 Jul 2024

Lebanon’s telecom ministry to suspend mobile SIMs for “illegal” Syrian refugees 

The government-led campaign to deport Syrian refugees in Lebanon has been marked by escalating hate speech, raids, arrests, and further…

  • Alfa
  • Lebanon
  • Syrian refugees
Abed Kataya • 10 Jul 2024

Do eSIMs Work in Lebanon?

“Are you interested in connecting to the internet without a physical SIM card?” A video circulating in Lebanon discusses how…

  • Alfa
  • Lebanon
  • Telecommunications Sector
Abed Kataya • 04 Jul 2024

Alfa should not force opt-in users to unwanted services

To keep a backup SIM card during periods of poor network performance, I bought two SIMs from the only mobile…

  • Alfa
  • Lebanon
  • Telecom