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Zeinab Ismail • 10 Jan 2023

The Dark Side of AI-Generated Images

With the click of a button, you can become a character in the Marvel universe, get transported to the surface…

  • Apple
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Lensa
SMEX • 15 Dec 2022

Red Card on Digital Rights: A summary of Qatar’s foul plays

It’s been three weeks since the start of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, and even if football matches…

  • Digital Rights
  • FIFA World Cup
  • Hayya app
SMEX • 01 Feb 2022

LEBANON: Is the New Passport Renewal Platform Safe for your Data?

In a response to SMEX’s questions on Thursday (January 27), the Lebanese General Security claimed that personal data on the…

  • Data Protection
  • General Security
  • gs-appt.gov.lb
SMEX • 09 Sep 2021

Is Lebanese citizens’ data safe on IMPACT’s platforms?

Update: IMPACT responded to the concerns raised in this article with some clarifications about some of the mentioned points. In…

  • COVID19
  • Curfew
  • Firewall
Jad Fawaz • 24 Feb 2020

Lebanese ISPs Lack Transparency

SMEX recently conducted research to assess the transparency of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Lebanon. Upon gathering information regarding licensed…

  • Business And Human Rights
  • Business and human rights
  • Internet Service Provider