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Marwa Fatafta

MENA Policy and Advocacy Director

Marwa leads Access Now’s policy and advocacy work on digital rights in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Her work spans a number of issues at the nexus of human rights and technology including content governance and platform accountability, online censorship, digital surveillance, and transnational repression. She has written extensively on the digital occupation in Palestine and focuses on the role of new technologies in armed conflicts and humanitarian contexts and their impact on historically marginalized and oppressed communities. Marwa is a Policy Analyst at Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, an advisory board member of the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, and an advisory committee member for Bread&Net. Marwa was a Fulbright scholar in the US and holds an MA in International Relations from Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. She holds a second MA in Development and Governance from the University of Duisburg-Essen.

Protest and human rights

Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube must end the attack on critical voices in MENA

17 Dec 2020

Access Now and 42 human rights organizations, journalists, and activists from across the globe call on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to not be complicit in censorship of human rights defenders across the Middle East and North Africa.

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Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube must end the attack on critical voices in MENA
17 Dec 2020
Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube must end the attack on critical voices in MENA
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Jordan must keep people online amid elections and rising COVID-19 cases

5 Nov 2020

As Jordan prepares for general elections on 10 November 2020, we urge the government and service providers operating in the country to keep the internet on.

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Jordan must keep people online amid elections and rising COVID-19 cases
5 Nov 2020
Jordan must keep people online amid elections and rising COVID-19 cases
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أكسس ناو تنشر “مكافحة الأخبار الزائفة والدّفاع عن حرّية التعبير خلال أزمة كوفيد-19: توصيات للدّول”

20 Oct 2020
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أكسس ناو تنشر “مكافحة الأخبار الزائفة والدّفاع عن حرّية التعبير خلال أزمة كوفيد-19: توصيات للدّول”
20 Oct 2020
أكسس ناو تنشر “مكافحة الأخبار الزائفة والدّفاع عن حرّية التعبير خلال أزمة كوفيد-19: توصيات للدّول”

These women were jailed for TikTok 🚫 You can help them

14 Oct 2020

At least six women have already been sentenced to jail for their TikTok videos, and now they are fighting their charges on appeal. Help pressure Egyptian authorities to free these women and revoke their sentences.

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These women were jailed for TikTok 🚫 You can help them
14 Oct 2020
These women were jailed for TikTok 🚫 You can help them
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مصر: تاريخ طويل من مراقبة الإنترنت والاتصالات

6 Oct 2020
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مصر: تاريخ طويل من مراقبة الإنترنت والاتصالات
6 Oct 2020
مصر: تاريخ طويل من مراقبة الإنترنت والاتصالات

45 منظمة تندد بحملة الكراهية على Instagram ضد مجتمع الميم في تونس‎

28 Sep 2020
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45 منظمة تندد بحملة الكراهية على Instagram ضد مجتمع الميم في تونس‎
28 Sep 2020
45 منظمة تندد بحملة الكراهية على Instagram ضد مجتمع الميم في تونس‎

In Tunisia, 45 organizations speak out against Instagram hate campaign targeting the LGBTQ community

28 Sep 2020

A coalition of organizations including Mawjoudin, Damj, and Access Now are asking Instagram and others to stand in solidarity with the LGBTQ community in the face of hatred and violence on the platform.

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In Tunisia, 45 organizations speak out against Instagram hate campaign targeting the LGBTQ community
28 Sep 2020
In Tunisia, 45 organizations speak out against Instagram hate campaign targeting the LGBTQ community

Egypt’s new data protection law: data protection or data control?

24 Sep 2020

In a context of digital authoritarianism in Egypt, it is imperative to ensure the Personal Data Protection Law is used to protect Egyptians’ data, not to monetize or control it.

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Egypt’s new data protection law: data protection or data control?
24 Sep 2020
Egypt’s new data protection law: data protection or data control?

Op-ed: Egypt’s rising digital authoritarianism

24 Sep 2020

Al Jazeera: Dangerously vague and overly broad legislation forms part of the wide toolkit for digital authoritarianism that violates internationally-recognised human rights principles in Egypt. They are putting women and members of feminist and LGBTQ communities at a growing risk of persecution.

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Op-ed: Egypt’s rising digital authoritarianism
24 Sep 2020
Op-ed: Egypt’s rising digital authoritarianism

تعزيز الشفافية في تونس: تطبيق تعقب مخالطي المصابين بفيروس كوفيدـ19

17 Sep 2020
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تعزيز الشفافية في تونس: تطبيق تعقب مخالطي المصابين بفيروس كوفيدـ19
17 Sep 2020
تعزيز الشفافية في تونس: تطبيق تعقب مخالطي المصابين بفيروس كوفيدـ19