Media Mentions

Below is a selection of mentions about or including SMEX. If you’d like to get in touch with us for a story or an interview, please reach out via fb.com/smex or @smex or email mentions [at] smex [dot] org.

2013

• ٢٤ شباط دليل مفصل عن الخصوصية في فيسبوك، قناة العربية
• Telecom data requests violate the constitution, The Daily Star, Lebanon, February 21
• Iraqi government signals it may retreat from controversial Web restriction. Washington Post WorldViews blog, February 7.
• Iraq Takes Steps Toward Revoking Cybercrime Act. Electronic Frontier Foundation, February 6.
• More than a Like: Creating Facebook Pages with Impact. NDItech’s Democracy Works blog, January 3.
• Creating Facebook Pages with social impact Non-profits on Facebook, December 17

2012

• Lebanese Telecom Minister Launches Controversial #ProtectPrivacy Campaign. By Nada Akl for Global Voices Online. December 9.
• Data Request from Lebanese Security Agency Sparks Controversy. Electronic Frontier Foundation, Deeplinks blog, December 7.
• Social media trainer: Don’t let an Internet search or a Wikipedia entry compromise your credibility. IJNET, November 19. Also in Spanish.
• Featured Guide: Creating Facebook Pages with Impact (Arabic). Rising Voices blog, March 26.
• Lebanon: Digital Storytelling and Women. Center for International Media Assistance, March 26.
• Offering twitter in Arabic opens up service to even larger audience. The Daily Star, March 7.
• Locals voice outrage at building collapse. The Daily Star, January 18.

2011

• What does it mean to be a social media trainer? Beth’s Blog, March 3.
• Mohamad Najem discusses SMEX (Arabic) on LBCI television, December 2.

2010

• Lebanon Cracks Down on Internet Freedom. New York Times, by Josh Wood, Nov. 3.
• Draft law sparks debate in ICT sector. NOW, by Matt Nash, July 4.
• Democratizing the Media. The Layalina Review, Vol. VI, No. 3, January 29–February 10.
• Digital Media Sparks Lebanon Reforms. FrontLines, December–January 2009–10.

2009

• Young Activists Tap Power of New Media. USAID/OTI Lebanon Success Story, November.
• absolutely trained. Podcast from absolutely intercultural 97, by Dr. Laurent Borgmann, November 27.
• You Want to Know More about Social Media? Blogpost from Live In Leb: Lebanon Media Marketing Society, November 20.
• The Arab Social Web (video). PICNIC, September 2009.
• SMEX Beirut: Social Media for Peacebuilding and Youth Empowerment Training. Meedan, May 31.
• Lebanon: Activists Experiment with Social Media. Global Voices Online, by Mohammad Azraq, April 24.

2008

• Guides: Facebook Activism Guide Now Available in Arabic. Blogpost from DigiActive, October 29.

Please keep in mind that the opinions expressed are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect our views about the work we do.