In March Tasharuk celebrated Open Data Day, Open Education Week, International Women’s Day, and the World Day Against Cyber Censorship by sharing more than 50 new relevant resources. The team published resources from organizations and institutions that focus on gender and sexuality topics, including Kafa, Sharika wa laken, Nazra, APC, Lebanon Support, and others.[...]
Digital Citizen, ou le Citoyen Numérique, est une revue bimensuelle sur l’actualité, les politiques et les recherches sur les droits de l’homme dans le monde arabe En tant que groupe diversifié de contributeurs, chercheurs, spécialistes des technologies et militants, nous avons suivi de prés le dèbat sur les réfugiés et[...]
As it happens, governments, like Lebanon’s, are not the only ones censoring online expression. Internet companies, including Facebook, Twitter, and Google, regularly remove user content that is deemed either to violate terms of service (TOS) agreements or national laws like the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act, hate speech laws, etc.[...]
Feature image via Twitter @zahri_abbas: The Beirut blasts, claimed by ISIS, killed 43 people. After the deadly Beirut blasts, friends and families from outside and inside of Lebanon immediately began checking in on one another, using Whatsapp, Facebook messenger, SMS, and of course, phones. It was a chaotic moment for[...]
If you’ve been active on social media in the past four days, you probably know about the tragedies that have struck all over the world in the last week. You’ve likely also noticed that people are showing their support and solidarity by overlaying a flag on their Facebook profile pictures.[...]
Have you ever wondered how many anti-cybercrime laws are in force in Arab countries? What about anti-terror laws? Or how many laws govern free expression online in a given country? Or whether your online privacy is protected? Or if some countries are leading the way with access to information or data[...]
Lebanon was part of the drafting committee for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and by co-sponsoring both UN General Assembly resolutions on the right to privacy in the digital age (December 2013 and December 2014), Lebanon has recently reaffirmed its commitment to its obligations to uphold the right to[...]
Feature image via:http://pixabay.com/en/shield-private-public-internet-www-107860/. We published last year about blocked websites in Lebanon, you can check the old data base here. This year, we gathered more data, counted 50 blocked websites, and divided it into categories. Poker Websites: 8 blocked websites under law 417 issued in 1995 which gives Casino Du Liban[...]
Feature image via: https://www.flickr.com/photos/freepress. The undersigned organizations: Arlan, Kazakhstan Bolo Bhi, Pakistan Foundation for Media Alternatives, Philippines Fundacion Karisma, Colombia Social Media Exchange, Lebanon Commend the recent efforts adopted by more than 43 companies to produce transparency reports that document the numbers of content removal and data requests by government[...]
Feature image via https://flic.kr/p/ejibnm: WSIS Forum 2013 – Multi-Stakeholder approach to Governance of the Internet (ICANN). Courtesy ITU/Claudio Montesano Casillas. Knowledge about Internet policy and governance in the MENA region isn’t easy to come by. While facts and figures about Internet penetration and social media usage exist, it is exceptionally[...]
