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 helpdesk@smex.org.

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.

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.

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...

“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.

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.

Access to information is a core pillar of #DigitalRights, and without it, people cannot make informed decisions about their health, safety, or governance

@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

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

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

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.