Sally Rammal • 28 Mar 2024

The new feature on X will leak your location without your consent

Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) has just added a new calling feature. Audio and video calls can now be…

  • Digital Security
  • Doxxing
  • Privacy
SMEX • 07 May 2021

Sheikh Jarrah: Facebook and Twitter systematically silencing protests, deleting evidence

Facebook and Twitter are systematically silencing users protesting and documenting the evictions of Palestinian families from their homes in the…

  • Content Moderation
  • Content Removal
  • Facebook
Mohammad Moghabat • 18 Feb 2021

Big Techs’ Community Standards: Uncontrolled [Opinion]

There is no doubt that the power Big Techs possess over society is “big.” It is ironic how a deregulated…

  • Algorithm
  • Algorithmic Moderation
  • Big Techs
SMEX • 21 Jan 2021

Statement from global civil society on the impact of Facebook, Google and Twitter: Concern for democracy and human rights must not end at the US’s borders

We are organisations working globally to strengthen democracy and human rights. Today we are demanding that Facebook, Google, and Twitter…

  • Democracy
  • Donald Trump
  • Facebook
SMEX • 17 Dec 2020

Open Letter to Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube: Stop silencing critical voices from the Middle East and North Africa

17 December 2020, Ten years ago today, 26-year old Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in protest…

  • Arab Spring
  • Egypt
  • Faebook
SMEX • 30 Oct 2020

One Year After October 17 Uprising in Lebanon: Summons and Arrests for Online Speech Increase

One Year Since the October 17 Uprising in Lebanon: Summons and Arrests for Online Speech It’s been one year since…

  • Facebook
  • Freedom Of Speech
  • Lebanon
Amjad Yaghi • 19 Oct 2020

How Does Palestinian Content Counter the Bias of Social Media Companies?

Palestinian journalist Hani Al-Shaer was not surprised when his Facebook account was deleted for the tenth time during the past…

  • bias
  • Content
  • Content Moderation
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