Palestinian journalist Hani Al-Shaer was not surprised when his Facebook account was deleted for the tenth time during the past three years. However, he was surprised to receive a letter in June from the social media company stating that he has not adhered to the Facebook Community Standards. This came[...]
SMEX will host a workshop about Social Media Solutions Training in Masaha. This one-day workshop is led by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) in partnership with the Facebook Journalism Project. Participants in the Social Media Solutions program will learn practical skills in four key areas: verification, security, engagement and[...]
Feature image April 2018: A screenshot of the API used to track social media posts. SMEX and LADE collaborated to monitor candidates’ social media speech during the most recent Lebanese parliamentary elections. The increasing role of social media in shaping public opinion – especially during national elections – goes hand[...]
Feature image via https://www.facebook.com/FaceBCensorsPalestine : a Facebook Page that protests the Israel-Facebook agreement. SIGN THE STATEMENT In early September, the Israeli government announced an agreement with Facebook “to work together to determine how to tackle incitement on the social media network.” The announcement came about 10 days before Facebook disabled[...]
SecurePost on the Google Play store. Feature image: Twitter users with the Chrome extension will be informed that a post is authenticated through a green frame (2nd and 3rd tweets). For many of us, being identified on social media or giving a close friend our account password is no big[...]
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.[...]
Fetaure image via Marcie Casas, CC by 2.0 Digital Citizen is a biweekly review of news, policy, and research on human rights and technology in the Arab World. Subscribe here! BAHRAIN The Committee to Protect Journalists, along with 40 human rights and press freedom groups, has called on Bahraini authorities to[...]
Feature image by thierry ehrmann, CC BY 2.0 Digital Citizen has been re-published from digcit.org Digital Citizen is a biweekly review of news, policy, and research on human rights and technology in the Arab World. In the face of regular suspensions from platforms like Facebook and Twitter, supporters of Daesh[...]
Digital Citizen has been re-published from Global Voices. Digital Citizen is a biweekly review of news, policy, and research on human rights and technology in the Arab World. This volume takes a look at harsh penalties for critical speech on social media in Mauritania, Tunisia and Bahrain, as well as new research[...]
