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Metehan Durmaz • 19 May 2025

AI Investments in the Gulf: Opportunities and Surveillance Risks

Methodology All findings and analyses were developed through the review of publicly available information, including online articles, research papers, investment…

  • GCC
  • Gulf
  • Pegasus
smexadmin • 31 Mar 2018

With Its Government’s Blessing, a French Company Has Sold Spying Tools to Egypt

The administration of Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi bought surveillance technologies from the French cybersecurity company Ercom in 2014, according…

  • Egyptian President El-Sisi
  • French Cybersecurity Company Ercom
  • French Government