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Google and Big Tech: From “Don’t be Evil” to “Ethically Flexible”
In February 2025, Google quietly removed a long standing pledge from its AI Principles: the commitment not to build artificial
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Platform Compliance in the Middle East: How Opaque Content Moderation Enables Quiet Authoritarian Censorship
Across the MENA region, particularly in the Gulf, political speech increasingly disappears from major platforms not through court orders or
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The Gulf’s Smart City Future is Built on Total Surveillance
Across the Gulf, governments are racing to reinvent themselves as hyper-efficient “smart cities”, supported by a growing reliance on digital
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State Immunity in the Age of Spyware: Bahrain’s Case Before the UK Supreme Court
A decade-old spyware operation conducted by Bahrain is now at the centre of a landmark case before the UK Supreme
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Saudi Arabia’s Persecution Beyond Borders: the Case of Human Rights Defender Al-Khalidi
Saudi human rights defender and online political activist Abdulrahman Al-Khalidi, detained in Bulgaria since 2021, faces a forced deportation order
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Digital Threats, Real Trauma: What Most Recent Study Reveals About the Mental Toll of Online Persecution
In an increasingly connected world, the line between physical and digital space is no longer clear; especially for dissidents, journalists,
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