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SMEX • 24 Mar 2020

Zoom does not respect users’ privacy!

With the spread of COVID-19, many firms, organizations, and universities have adopted work from home policies and more people than…

  • Corona
  • Coronoavirus
  • COVID19
smexadmin • 17 May 2018

Mauritanian Activists Accuse Telecom Company Mauritel of Abuse of Power

Mauritanian activists accused local telecom operator Mauritel of reporting some of their accounts on social media. This move, they say,…

  • Activists
  • Business And Human Rights
  • Digital Rights
smexadmin • 25 Apr 2018

Careem Reports that the Data of 14.5 Million Users Has Been Compromised

On Monday, Careem, the Dubai-based ride-hailing company operating in the MENA region, Turkey, and Pakistan, announced that it learned “online…

  • Careem
  • MENA region
  • Online Criminals
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
smexadmin • 17 Jun 2016

Digital Citizen 4.4

Feature image via Citizen Lab: Tag cloud of bait content topics used by Stealth Falcon showing a strong emphasis on…

  • Censorship
  • Citizen Lab
  • Data Protection