Monthly Archives: June 2010

Follow-Up on the E-Transactions Law

Written by mohamad. Posted on June 28, 2010. Filed under Campaigns & Case Studies, News. Tagged , , . No comments.
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It’s been a while since we’ve posted about the E-transactions law, but this doesn’t mean that we’ve lost interest. In fact, just the opposite. We’ve been laying the groundwork to bring civil society organizations into the review process (see below), and today were pleased to see Roula Mikhael’s article (Arabic) in An Nahar that explains [...]

أوقفنا القانون

Written by mohamad. Posted on June 15, 2010. Filed under News. 3 Comments.
المقالة باللغة الإنكليزية الخلفية: نهار الأحد (13 حزيران 2010)، إلتقى 10 أشخاص لمناقشة قانون حديث حول تكنولوجيا المعلومات يتيح في فقراته الـ 69 الأولى بنقل لبنان إلى مصافي الدول المتقدمة في مجال الخدمات المصرفية الإلكترونية، ويهدد في مواده الـ 22 المتبقية “بإعادة البلد إلى الخلف، عشرة وعشرين أو حتى ثلاثين عاماً”، كما صرح غابريال ديك، [...]

We Stopped This Law (for a month)

Written by jessica. Posted on June 15, 2010. Filed under Campaigns & Case Studies, News, Stories. Tagged , , , , , . 9 Comments.
A yellow and orange tinted image that says Postpone the Vote
The picture says it all, but the post must go on. (Follow the conversation on Twitter.) Yesterday was a busy day. And now we wait. While you scan your Tweetdecks and iPhones, we want to report back to you on what’s happened so far, how you’ve responded, and what we might have achieved. The Background [...]