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Saudi Authorities Monopolize Media and Advertising Discourse “by Law”
Through global forums and media, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been keen on spreading progressive discourse in an effort…
Mapping Tech Companies’ Cloud Expansion in the Gulf and its Human Rights Implications
Since 2018, an increasing number of companies, mainly from the U.S. and China, launched cloud regions and data centers in…
A Brief Overview of AI Use in WANA
Governments and private sectors in West Asia and North Africa are calling to employ AI to strengthen their economies and…
Update to Press Release on Saudi Government Infiltration of Wikipedia, Sentencing Independent Administrators to Prison
(January 18, 2023 – Washington, DC and Beirut): On January 5, 2023, Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) and…
Saudi Arabia: Government Agents Infiltrate Wikipedia, Sentence Independent Admins to Prison
Internal Wikimedia Investigation Results in Termination of Entire Saudi-Based Team of Administrators (January 5, 2023 – New York and Beirut):…
