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Digital Hopes, Real Power: How the Arab Spring Fueled a Global Surveillance Boom

  • Sarah Hamid--EFF
  • published date: 2026-04-08 08:22:26 UTC

This is the third installment of a blog series reflecting on the global digital legacy of the 2011 Arab uprisings. You can read the first post here, and the second here. When people remember the 2011 uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA),…

This is the third installment of a blog series reflecting on the global digital legacy of the 2011 Arab uprisings. You can read the first post here, and the second here. When people remember the 201… [+17304 chars]