Tag Archives: Policies & Practice

Stop the New Internet Law in Lebanon

Written by jessica. Posted on June 10, 2010. Filed under Arabization, News. Tagged , , , , , , . 14 Comments.
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For a long time now, whenever anyone started talking about the relative openness of the Net in Lebanon, people have shushed each other or touched wood, so as not to jinx our one very important advantage over the rest of the region: we have very little restrictions on how we use the machine. Wouldn’t you [...]

Who’s Tweeting in the Middle East?

Written by jessica. Posted on September 21, 2009. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , , , . No comments.
SpotOnPR Chart of Twitter Users in Mideast, July 2009
A new report, posted to the Creative Commons Arab World Google Group, from Spot On Public Relations offers some numbers about Twittership in the MENA region. Among the stats are that Twitter use in the MENA is growing at a rate of 17 percent a month and has increased ten times in the first 7 [...]