Who controls online freedom in 2026? | MEE Explains

Описание: Who gets to decide the boundaries of free speech in a digital age?

Across the United States and the Middle East, US and Israeli tech companies are playing an expanding role in how freedom of expression is monitored, restricted, and enforced.

From student tracking and phone extraction tools to large-scale surveillance systems tied to security operations, commercial technology has become embedded in systems of power.

And as so-called democratic governments deepen their reliance on these tools, questions of accountability, rights, and online freedom are growing harder to ignore.

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