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Comment: Social media played an important role in the Arab uprisings, but over the last decade, authoritarian regimes have embraced this technology for their repressive agendas, writes Marc Owen Jones.
A controversial policy update by messaging service WhatsApp has prompted anger in Turkey where authorities are investigating a suspected breach of privacy.
Israel appoints UAE ambassador, Netanyahu to invite Moroccan king
Israel has appointed a temporary ambassador to the UAE, while Netanyahu reportedly extended an invitation to Morocco's King Mohammed VI.
Israeli news channel now screening in UAE homes
The i24NEWS is now available to UAE households, after the country's controversial normalisation agreement with Israel.
'Abusive texts' sparked discovery of suspected UAE-Saudi Aljazeera hack
Al Jazeera’s IT team, who also examined the phone, found the same spyware on the phones of 35 other staff members.
Tech giants join Facebook lawsuit against Israeli spyware company
Tech giants including Microsoft and Google have described NSO's spyware tools, revealed on Monday for their involvement in the hacking of Al-Jazeera journalists, as "powerful and dangerous".
Dozens of Al-Jazeera journalists hacked using Israeli spyware
A report from the Citizen Lab communications research group says that 36 Al-Jazeera employees and one Al-Araby TV journalist were targeted by a ...
Microsoft seeks Biden's backing in fight against Israeli spyware
Microsoft's President Brad Smith has warned that private companies engineering cybersecurity attacks, such as NSO Group, help proliferate ...
Is the Arab Spring still relevant a decade later?
In-depth: Ten years after the Arab Spring broke out, the hopes of protesters for democracy and social justice have failed to materialize, but ...
Delegation from illegal Israeli settlements meet with Dubai businessmen
A delegation of Israeli settlers visited Dubai to forge business ties.
UAE goes bananas for Israel with fruit, veg deal
It is unclear whether Abu Dhabi will also import illegal settlement produce from the West Bank.
Dubai to stock Israeli-grown wine from occupied Golan Heights
The Israeli wine will be available at hotels, restaurants and shops in Dubai, where only non-Muslims are legally allowed to drink.
Dubai police chief nominee for Interpol raises red flags
Comment: Respect for human rights is a founding principle of Interpol. To name an Emirati police chief as its president would be a gross ...
Normalisation with Israel: The view from the Arab Maghreb
In-depth: Despite UAE-Bahrain's normalisation agreement with Israel, and their unofficial relations with Tel Aviv, North African countries are ...
Iran hackers 'bypassing Whatsapp encryption' to target dissent: reports
The reports point to major technological strides for Iran's cyberespionage capabilities.
Israeli intel firm 'hacked phone at Saudi Arabia's request'
An employee of Israeli company Cellebrite flew to Riyadh last year in order to hack into a Samsung phone at the request of the Saudi prosecutor, an investigation has revealed
UAE sports correspondent detained after airing 'fake coronavirus story'
The two people claimed that five people from one family died from the disease.
Israel, UAE discuss 'deeper cooperation' against Covid-19
Israeli and Emirati officials discussed plans to cooperate in the fight against the novel coronavirus on Monday, state media reported, days ...
Emirati dissidents form anti-normalisation movement after UAE-Israel deal
A new Emirati-led movement against UAE-Israel normalisation group.
Pompeo arrives in Israel to press further Gulf normalisation
Mike Pompeo met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem and discussed the recently announced historic agreement between ...
Israel 'encouraged' sale of Pegasus spyware to UAE: report
Israeli officials helped market and mediate between notorious spyware company NSO and Gulf regimes including UAE and Saudi Arabia, ...
Israel, UAE sign memorandum on internal security cooperation
Israel and the UAE have signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in internal security, just one week after they reached a ...
Netanyahu deletes tweet calling UAE 'advanced democracy' amid backlash
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deleted a tweet in which he posted a video claiming Israel and the UAE are advanced democracies after ...
Saudi-Israel ties in the spotlight after UAE normalization deal
Despite the fact that Saudi Arabia has made no official comment on the UAE’s normalization deal with Israel, its covert ties to Israel are now ...
Morocco has demanded Amnesty International prove that it has deployed spyware on a journalist.
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