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SMEX is a nonprofit dedicated to safeguarding human rights in digital spaces across West Asia and North Africa.
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SMEX @smex.org · 1d
Contact the Helpdesk if you suspect your account was unjustly removed on social media platforms. WhatsApp or Signal: +961 81 633 133 or by email [email protected].
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As part of our efforts to counter the silencing of voices protesting the genocide, @SMEX's Digital Safety Helpdesk continues to assist anyone facing wrongful takedown of their posts and accounts.
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Beyond manufacturing deadly technologies, these companies make it harder to hold the Israeli occupation accountable. Over the past two years, endless reports have documented the active censorship of accounts exposing Israel's war crimes.
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SMEX @smex.org · 1d
Today marks two years since the offset of Israel's genocidal campaign against Palestinians in Gaza. The atrocities unfolding since October 7 could not have taken place without Big Tech's AI-enabled weapons.
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Program's out!🎉

Over 70 human rights defenders, journalists, tech experts, and researchers from across the globe join us this year to share their insights and findings from 2025.

Explore the sessions at breadandnet.org.
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Behind every spyware attack is a corporate network. Our latest report "Click, Load, Kill" maps four key players and their role in fueling human rights violations against activists, journalists, and dissidents in our region.

Click the link for the full research: smex.org/new-research...
New Research: Click, Load, Kill: A Look into the Cyberweapon Industry in the WANA Region - SMEX
New Research: Click, Load, Kill: A Look into the Cyberweapon Industry in the WANA Region
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SMEX @smex.org · 6d
Understanding the complex economic structures that govern these bad players is the first step to accountability. Read the full research in the link: smex.org/new-research...
New Research: Click, Load, Kill: A Look into the Cyberweapon Industry in the WANA Region
<p>One of today’s most dangerous violators of personal privacy is the commercial spyware industry—made up of vendors that design, market,…</p>
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SMEX @smex.org · 6d
“Click, Load, Kill: A Look into the Cyberweapon Industry in WANA” is the first major report updating the corporate structures of NSO Group since 2021 and Intellexa Alliance since 2024, and the first to formally map the corporate structures of Cellebrite and Saito Tech.
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Spyware is thriving in West Asia & North Africa—and guess who’s leading this deadly industry? Our new research shows that the most dangerous surveillance companies are either based in or linked to Israel.

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New Research: Click, Load, Kill: A Look into the Cyberweapon Industry in the WANA Region
<p>One of today’s most dangerous violators of personal privacy is the commercial spyware industry—made up of vendors that design, market,…</p>
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Vas Panagiotopoulos @vaspanagiotopoulos.com · 7d
A new report by @smex.org, with support from @find.ngo & @accessnow.org, concludes that NSO Group, Cytrox/Intellexa, Cellebrite, and Saito Tech/Candiru are the most active commercial #spyware vendors in West Asia & 🌍North Africa.

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New Research: Click, Load, Kill: A Look into the Cyberweapon Industry in the WANA Region
<p>One of today’s most dangerous violators of personal privacy is the commercial spyware industry—made up of vendors that design, market,…</p>
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SMEX @smex.org · 7d
This groundbreaking research maps the top four commercial spyware vendors—NSO Group, Cytrox (Intellexa), Cellebrite, and Saito Tech (formerly Candiru)—revealing their corporate structures, operations, and ongoing activities.
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SMEX @smex.org · 7d
BREAKING: Who’s really leading the cyberweapons industry in West Asia and North Africa?
New research by SMEX exposes Israel-linked spyware vendors at the helm of the industry with the UAE and Saudi Arabia among top buyers.

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New Research: Click, Load, Kill: A Look into the Cyberweapon Industry in the WANA Region - SMEX
One of today’s most dangerous violators of personal privacy is the commercial spyware industry—made up of vendors that design, market,...
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SMEX @smex.org · 10d
Access to information is a core pillar of #DigitalRights, and without it, people cannot make informed decisions about their health, safety, or governance
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SMEX @smex.org · 10d
@Meta has repeatedly censored content on sexual and reproductive health written in Arabic. It took down medical content about human anatomy and consent, depriving Arabic speakers from vital knowledge about their bodies. buff.ly/ANupN3l
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During Israel’s war on Lebanon and its ongoing genocide in Gaza, Josette Abi Tamer from @AFPar shared practical tips to discern AI-generated images. We’re passing them on to you. buff.ly/XotWICY
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SMEX @smex.org · 10d
This year, the #KeepItOn coalition exposed governments in West Asia and North Africa for shutting down the internet, denying people access to information and critical services like emergency care.
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The Israeli occupation’s online propaganda machine churns out disinformation and tech companies help spread it through paid ads. In the meantime, they suspend Palestinian accounts reporting from the ground. buff.ly/OLFE1YK
Inside the Israeli occupation’s propaganda ad factory - SMEX
The Israeli occupation’s advertising agency has paid Google for ads accusing the UN Relief and Works Agency—one of the last remaining functional entities providing aid for displaced, injured, and…
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SMEX @smex.org · 10d
On this International Day for Universal Access to Information, we take note of how states and tech companies either blocked people’s right to find life-saving knowledge or actively distorted the facts.
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However, Microsoft still provides other services to the IDF, while Amazon and Google are still technologically enabling Israel’s surveillance state and genocide of Palestinians.

The fight is not over yet, pressure Amazon and Google: end Project Nimbus now.
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SMEX @smex.org · 12d
Microsoft has announced it will cut of the Israeli military’s access to its Azure Cloud technology after a damning investigation from the Guardian revealed its key role in a mass-surveillance system capable of recording “a million calls an hour.”
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7amleh.bsky.social @7amleh.bsky.social · 13d
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SMEX @smex.org · 13d
Sometimes the fight for human rights can be discouraging. SMEX has been part of the campaign to #FreeAlaa for more than 10 years. smex.org/break-the-si...

Today, we celebrate Alaa’s smile, knowing it will help us fight tomorrow. @freealaa.bsky.social
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 15d
This photo of Alaa Abdel Fattah's smile by Mohamed El Raai is the most beautiful thing you could wake up to.
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SMEX @smex.org · 13d
Join SMEX for the launch of the CADE Mapping & Baseline Study Report on civil society in internet governance, spotlighting Global South voices.

📅 Oct 2, 2025. Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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SMEX @smex.org · 15d
The Lebanese Parliament’s May 27 draft media law promised progress, ending pretrial detention and scrapping criminal defamation. But August's amendments risk turning it into a tool of repression.
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Lebanon: Ensure Draft Media Law Upholds Free Expression - SMEX
Recently Proposed Amendments Would Restrict Rights (Beirut, September 16, 2025) – Lebanon’s parliament should ensure that a draft media law...
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ARTICLE 19 @article19.bsky.social · 15d
We celebrate Alaa's freedom after being unjustly jailed for so many years. He should have never been there.

And we echo his mother Laila Soueif – whose campaign for her son's release was so incredibly inspiring – when she says she won't rest until there are no political prisoners in Egypt.
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 16d
علاء علي الاسفلت!!!!

Alaa is HOME and FREE!!!
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SMEX @smex.org · 15d
Our dear friend Alaa Abdel Fattah will finally be released into freedom. After years of pressure from civil society, Egypt finally did the right thing and granted him amnesty. We can’t wait to see Alaa reunite with his family and loved ones.
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 16d
علاء علي الاسفلت!!!!

Alaa is HOME and FREE!!!