Sign up today to attend #BreadandNet Online here.You will receive the agenda and the link to each session in your email on May 13, 14, and 15 SMEX will host the sixth iteration of the annual regional digital rights event, Bread&Net, which will be held online on May 13, 14, and 15. Bread&Net is an […]
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The session “Ethical AI Advocacy for Civil Society in MENA” was held as part of Bread&Net 2022 in Beirut between 15 to 17 November. We hosted Qusai Suwan, Policy Officer at the Jordan Open Source Association, to discuss how civil society in the MENA region can advocate for rights-based AI policies. Suwan highlights the basics
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The session “Down for Nothing? Shutdowns during Exams in the Middle East and North Africa” was held as part of Bread&Net 2022 in Beirut between 15 to 17 November. This talk’s panelists were Khattab Hamad, digital rights activist, and researcher; Raya Sharbain, Education and Communities Coordinator at The Tor Project, formerly Program Coordinator at Jordan
SMEX will host the sixth iteration of the annual regional digital rights event, Bread&Net, taking place on November 14, 15, and 16 in Beirut, Lebanon. Bread&Net is an event that brings together tech experts, activists, policymakers, academics and media practitioners from the region to discuss and address pressing issues at the intersection of technology, society,
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There’s no doubt that today’s digital spaces are mainly ruled by a handful of profit-hungry technology megacorporations. Their practices benefit society’s most powerful and exclude marginalized groups and individuals. From social media platforms to search engines to our GPS technologies, the internet is not as free as we’d like to believe. But can it be
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This year’s turnout at Bread&Net exceeded our expectations! More than 800 attendees took part in what became the largest convention on human rights in the Arabic-speaking region. In more than 100 sessions across 19 tracks, we addressed the most threatening challenges that restrict our rights and freedoms in the digital sphere. We also explored opportunities
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Bread&Net returned for the fourth time last week, from 23 to 26 November, welcoming around 1000 participants from 74 countries to take part in the regional discourse on digital rights and freedoms in the Arabic-speaking world. Over the course of four days, technologists, organizers, researchers, lawyers, and journalists brought forth their ideas, concerns, insights, and recommendations in
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