Palestinians, like many other diasporic communities, have, on the one hand, articulated their
personal experiences and their subjectivities through digitalized channels. On the other …

Blind and low vision people use visual description services (VDS) to gain visual
interpretation and build access in a world that privileges sight. Despite their many benefits …

Social media technologies have been empowering to some human rights activists, providing
a platform for exercising free speech and mobilization. However, many activists have voiced …

Content moderation algorithms influence how users understand and engage with social
media platforms. However, when identifying hate speech, these automated systems often …

While Israeli suppression of Palestinian voices is well-understood, much less is known
about the Palestinian authorities' repression of Palestinians–the very people they are …

Since Western technology platforms began colonizing online spaces, they have neglected
Majority World populations, including those in MENA/SWANA countries like Lebanon. This …

Content moderation comes with trade‐offs and moral dilemmas, particularly for transnational
platforms governing borderline content where the boundaries of acceptability are subject to …

Palestinian cultural identity has always been the flip side of the Palestinian people's political
resistance. While many studies have examined Palestinian culture from political and …

This paper presents a novel dotless representation of Arabic text as an alternative to the
standard Arabic text representation. We delve into its implications through comprehensive …

This article explores the impact of social media content moderation on activists and
organizing. It highlights the reliance on social media platforms for political and social …