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
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
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
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,
Biometric Surveillance and Personal Data Protection in the Gulf: A Growing Human Rights Concern
Over the past decade, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have been enacting Personal Data Protection Laws (PDPLs) in order
المراقبة البيومترية وحماية البيانات الشخصية في دول الخليج: قلق متصاعد بشأن حقوق الإنسان
على مدار العقد الماضي، شهدت دول الخليج إنفاذِا واسعًا لنظام حماية البيانات الشخصية (PDPLs)، في خطوة تُبرز سعيها لتنظيم جمع
How Digital Spaces Reinforce Gender Violence in Saudi Arabia
Since 2019, Saudi Arabia has lifted many of the restrictions imposed on women under the male guardianship system, with Crown
From Egypt to the Gulf: How Regional Cybercrime Laws Are Criminalizing Peaceful Dissent
The arbitrary detention of Egyptian journalist Ismail Iskandarani over recent Facebook posts, just two days after President Sisi pardoned six