Lin Noueihed

  • A Lebanese demonstrator poses for an picture during a protest against dire economic conditions in Baouchriyeh on the northern outskirts of Beirut, on October 18, 2019. - Public anger has simmered since parliament passed an austerity budget in July to help trim a ballooning deficit and flared on Thursday over new plans to tax calls on messaging applications such as Whatsapp, forcing the government to axe the unpopular proposal. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    How a WhatsApp Tax Launched Massive Anti-Government Protests in Lebanon

    By Lin Noueihed, Dana Khraiche, and others