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Madleine Balesi • 16 Nov 2023

Beware of Phishing Scams Targeting Page Admins!

With the ongoing war on Gaza since October 7, censorship, shadowbanning, and other new measures applied by tech companies, we…

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Digital Safety Helpdesk
  • Facebook
Najla Ben Salah • 21 Mar 2023

Martial Courts on Facebook Against Critics of the Tunisian President

After Tunisian journalists gathered to protest government restrictions on freedom of expression, loyalists to the Tunisian President Kais Saied launched…

  • Defamation Campaigns
  • Facebook
  • Freedom Of Speech
Yasin Isse • 03 Mar 2023

Somalia: Facebook “Remembering” activists while still alive

On August 4, 2022, Somali activist Naciima Abwaan Qorane woke up to find the word “Remembering” next to her name…

  • Facebook
  • Freedom Of Expression
  • Mogadishu
SMEX • 22 Feb 2023

Digital Safety Helpdesk Expands beyond West Asia and North Africa

For the second year in a row, Facebook ranked first as the platform where users faced the highest number of…

  • Digital Rights
  • Digital Safety Helpdesk
  • Facebook
SMEX • 05 Jan 2023

Fake Meta Business Manager App is a Hacking Tool!

Earlier this month, our Digital Safety Helpdesk received a message from a business owner whose Facebook and Instagram accounts were…

  • Apps security
  • Business Manager
  • digital safety
SMEX • 27 Sep 2022

Statement Regarding BSR’s HRA for Meta on Palestine & Israel

  • BSR
  • Content Moderation
  • Facebook
SMEX • 23 Aug 2022

Meta’s Treatment of the India Human Rights Impact Assessment Is an Alarming Precedent for Arabic Speaking Countries

  • Facebook
  • HRIA
  • human rights impact assessment
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