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New Research: Click, Load, Kill: A Look into the Cyberweapon Industry in the WANA Region
New Research: Click, Load, Kill: A Look into the Cyberweapon Industry in the WANA Region

ToTok, Baz and Others: UAE and KSA Promote Unsafe Communication Apps
Since October 7, 2023, several social media applications have removed content related to Palestine. This shadowbanning, that continues until today,…

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…

COP28 in Dubai: Participants’ Safety in Jeopardy Given Country’s Record
Last June, it was reported that the UAE’s national oil company read emails to and from the COP28 climate summit…

UAE: Release all those unjustly imprisoned before COP28
Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) should release all those unjustly imprisoned in the country before the start of…