Online or Behind Closed Doors: The Big Saudi Discussion
M. LYNX-QUALEY: There’s liberation in discussing ideas online but also dangers. Where do young Saudis discuss the big issues?
Cyber Campaigns ‘Limited to Elite’ in Arab World
NADA AKL, CGNEWS: Despite being the fifth most spoken language in the world, just over 1% of content on the web is in Arabic…
The Internet in Lebanon: The Box Don’t Fit!
ALEXANDER MCNABB: The Lebanese LIRA is yet another example of a government trying to define the role of online.…
UAE: Social Crimes on the Up, or Just Their Reporting?
ALEXANDER MCNABB: Give people technology and they find all sorts of interesting and different ways to use it, no?…
Illegal Eagles: Today, We Are All Publishers
ALEXANDER MCNABB: The platforms are public and subject to the law as any other public pronouncement would be. You publish, you take responsibility.…
Google’s Controversial New Privacy Settings
VIDEO, AL JAZEERA: Google is set to introduce controversial new privacy settings for users of its range of…
Outspoken Omani Blogger Detained
ANALYSIS: Egypt showed how a Facebook page could erupt into a movement able to topple a regime. Gulf…
A Worrying Journalistic Twend: Twitter Tales
ALEXANDER MCNABB: Journalists are taking to Twitter to stand up stories on selected, partial tweets. Balanced? Fair? Honest?…
Twitter Makes a Good Call: No Boycott Needed
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Twitter's new censorship policy has turned up a hornet's nest of ire throughout the social media…




