Internet in Lebanon Remains “Partly Free”
Feature image via Freedom House, November 2018: A map of Freedom House’s “Internet Freedom” rankings. In collaboration with Freedom House, SMEX assessed …
An “Ugly” New Data Protection Law in Lebanon
Feature image via the Daily Star, August 2018: An “Ugly” New Data Protection Law in Lebanon. The English translation of Chapter 5 …
New Elections Study Shows Less than 2% of Overall Electoral Speech on Social Media Was Negative
Feature image April 2018: A screenshot of the API used to track social media posts. SMEX and LADE collaborated to monitor candidates’ …
Iraqi Government Shuts Down the Internet Amidst Protests
Last week, protests broke out in Basra and quickly spread across southern Iraq. On Saturday, the Iraqi government began intermittently shutting down the …
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Facebook Restricts Access to Content in Lebanon For the First Time
Feature image via facebook May 15, 2018: A bar graph shows newest Transparency report displaying the number of content restrictions in Lebanon. …
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State of Privacy Lebanon
As part of an ongoing collaboration with Privacy International, SMEX produced ”State of Privacy Lebanon,” a new briefing that intends to establish foundational …
Internet Shutdown in Yemen: Recurring Disruptions Threaten Civilian Safety, Human Rights, and Press Freedom
Feature image: Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Data depicts the outage of the internet in Yemen on the night of Thursday, December 7. …
The New Tasharuk Is Live!
With many tools emerging everyday, resource-strapped organizations and activists are finding it challenging to make use of them all, in ways that …
Digital Citizen 4.5
Feature image via U.S army: Iraqi school students, Basra University. SPOTLIGHT ON INTERNET SHUTDOWNS In early June, Algeria’s Baccalaureate exams were leaked, …
“Net-Wasel” Digital Rights Podcasts
Feature image via literalis.net: Podcasting” by Nicolas Solop CC BY 2.0. SMEX is pleased to announce the launch of its Arabic-language digital rights …