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SMEX • 19 Dec 2025

SMEX relaunches its Digital Rights Fund (DRF) for 2026!

Are you a tech geek, grassroots initiative, student, independent researcher, or civil society organization looking to fund your digital rights…

Digital Rights Fund
Grants
WANA

SMEX • 01 Oct 2025

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

Cellebrite
Intellexa
Israel

SMEX • 15 Mar 2024

Tell Meta: Stop Silencing Palestine

Press Release 14 March 2024 Palestinian and global digital rights groups bring top Meta executive to the table on issues…

Algorithm
Censorship
Gaza