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SMEX • 05 Mar 2025

Policy Brief: The Human Rights Risks of Big Tech’s Cloud Expansion in the Gulf

This policy brief is based on the 2024 research report “Mapping Tech Companies’ Cloud Expansion in the Gulf and its…

  • Brief
  • cloud
  • CYRILLA
SMEX • 03 Mar 2021

I know nothing about computers [Bread&Net 2020 Session]

In this #BreadandNet 2020 session Dima Jweihan from The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL), Nahla Hamdani from WeYouth, and…

  • Bread&Net
  • breadandnet
  • Policy
smexadmin • 24 Jan 2018

Dependent Yet Disenfranchised: The Policy Void That Threatens the Rights of Mobile Users in Arab States

In the context of growing government control of mobile networks and a lack of transparency by both governments and companies…

  • Arab Countries
  • Freedom Of Expression
  • Government's