Across the MENA region, particularly in the Gulf, political speech increasingly disappears from major platforms not through court orders or […]
In the Gulf region, there has been a shift in social dynamics. Surveillance, infiltration, and censorship; facilitated by authoritarian states
Freedoms in Decline and the Rise of Digital Authoritarianism Freedom around the world is in decline. With few exceptions, democracies
In the Gulf region, the relationship between state interests and Big Tech operations has raised significant concerns amongst human rights
While international law establishes foundational principles to combat digital authoritarianism, it is often the local legal frameworks that shape the
Perhaps not-so-well-known, transnational repression constitutes a threat to human rights that has been going on for decades. The phenomenon, which
In a world increasingly driven by data, where over 50 billion connected devices generate vast amounts of information daily, the
In the last twenty years, authoritarianism has progressively increased.At the same time, there has been swift advancement and extensive dissemination
