SMEX • 08 Feb 2022

[Report] Doxxing of Residential Information Targeting Vulnerable Groups: Online and Offline Harms 

As part of an Oversight Board process to issue a policy advisory opinion reviewing Meta’s policies on the sharing of…

  • Doxxing
  • Egypt
  • Facebook
SMEX • 22 Dec 2021

Tunisia: New prosecutions resurrect shadow of dictatorship [Crosspost]

This article was written by Yosr Jouini and published on Global Voices on December 16, 2021. On July 25, 2021,…

  • Crosspost
  • Digital Rights
  • Freedom Of Expression
Julia Bacardit Cruells • 02 Sep 2021

Tunisia, a digital police state?

How has Tunisia’s ‘success story’ gone awry? On July 25, Tunisian President Kais Said froze the parliament, dismissed Prime Minister…

  • Citizens' Digital Rights
  • Military Police
  • Tunisia
Najla Ben Salah • 22 Feb 2021

Freedom of Speech Crisis in the Tunisian “Facebook Republic”

  Tunisian police summoned fashion designer Myriam Bribri on October 8 following her involvement in protests against poverty, inequality and…

  • Demonstrations
  • Digital Rights
  • Facebook
SMEX • 17 Dec 2020

Open Letter to Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube: Stop silencing critical voices from the Middle East and North Africa

17 December 2020, Ten years ago today, 26-year old Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in protest…

  • Arab Spring
  • Egypt
  • Faebook
smexadmin • 03 Apr 2018

Now, Who’s Afraid of Online Speech?

In Tunisia and Bahrain, government officials are pushing for laws that would further restrict online freedom of expression in both…

  • Bahrain
  • Bill Calling
  • Human Rights