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25 March 2011

Microsoft Compromises Users’ Privacy: No HTTPS in Arab Countries, Iran

Written by Anas Qtiesh · Activism, Advocacy, Algeria, Bahrain, Feature, Iran, Jordan, Morocco, News, Regulation, Syria

With the ongoing protestes and violent crackdown from governments in the Middle East, compromising online security could have dire repercussions on the wellbeing of internet users in the region. Email security is...

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8 July 2010

Lebanon: Three Arrested for Facebook Postings

Written by Layal Al Khatib · Arrest and Harassment, Feature, Middle East & North Africa

Lebanese Naim George Hanna, 27, Antoine Youssef Ramya, 29, and Shebel Rajeh Qassab, 27, have been arrested for posting Facebook statuses against the Lebanese President Michel Suleiman. The Lebanese online community is outraged because of the invasion of their cyberspace and here are some of their reactions.

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2 April 2010

Lebanon: First Threatened Voice

Written by Layal Al Khatib · Advocacy, Arrest and Harassment, Feature, Middle East & North Africa

Lebanon has been known and envied in the MENA region for its free cyberspace. Well not any more since March has marked Lebanon's first cyber censhorship incident. Layal Al Khatib has more details in this post.

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