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- ↑ "Everything Middle East dissidents and journalists need to know about Mastodon". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
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- ↑ "'All that work is at risk': Fear of Twitter collapse leaves Arab activists scrambling". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
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- ↑ Chennoufi, Emna Sayadi, Wafa Ben-Hassine, Nikki Gladstone, Mohamed (2018-11-30). "Reflections on Bread&Net: The growing importance of digital rights activism in the MENA region". Access Now. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
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