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Referring Telecom Data to Security Agencies Breaches the Lebanese Law
On October 4, Lebanese Annahar Daily reported that the latest Lebanese Prime Minister formed a ministerial committee to “look into…
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#TheAppWatchdog: SMEX expands its work to secure Lebanese citizens’ digital data
In Lebanon, the legal framework for privacy and data protection is in limbo, cybersecurity is minimal to non-existent, and citizens’…
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Clubhouse: the popular audio-only app gets banned in MENA?
Launched around the initial lockdown phase in March 2020, Clubhouse has become a space for virtual audio hang-outs and more…
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A New (Non-)Privacy Policy from WhatsApp? [A comparison between messaging applications]
Tech and media companies are exploiting free, popular apps to increase their access to personal data; and WhatsApp has just…
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Surveillance in Lebanon: A crisis of privacy
This article is a crosspost from Global Voices. This article is part of UPROAR, a Small Media initiative that is…