Marwa Fatafta

Marwa Fatafta leads Access Now’s work on digital rights in the Middle East and North Africa region as the MENA Policy Manager. She is an advisory board member of the Palestinian digital rights organization 7amleh, and a policy analyst at Al-Shabaka, The Palestinian Policy Network.

Recent Articles
Palestinians and left-wing activists protest during the Friday weekly demonstration in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, Jerusalem, February 18, 2022. (Oren Ziv/Activestills
Meta’s clampdown on Palestine speech is far from ‘unintentional’
A report on the social media giant validated Palestinian experiences of censorship in May 2021, but missed how those policies are biased by design.
By Marwa Fatafta October 9, 2022
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a tour in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 15, 2020. (Flash90)
Elections or not, the PA is intensifying its authoritarian rule online
The run-up to PA elections has alarmingly shown what Palestinian political activism is facing in the digital age: more surveillance, more repression.
By Marwa Fatafta April 29, 2021
Graffiti depicting Leila Khaled on the separation wall in Bethlehem, the occupied West Bank, May 27, 2012. (Bluewind/Wikimedia)
From Palestine to China, Zoom has no business censoring dissent
Tech giants are acting as internet gatekeepers, dictating what narratives are permissible and who can freely express their opinions.
By Marwa Fatafta October 26, 2020
A Palestinian youth points to logos of Facebook and WhatsApp on his computer in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip February 22, 2014. (Photo Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
‘Incitement’ and ‘indecency’: How Palestinian dissent is repressed online
Censorship of Palestinian content by Israel, the PA, and Hamas is escalating at an unprecedented and dangerous speed.
By Marwa Fatafta December 4, 2019
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