Since 2009, more than 15 bloggers and/or activists have been arrested, interrogated and threatened in Lebanon because of something they wrote online. Mohamad Najem, a Lebanese human rights advocate and co-founder of Beirut's Social Media Exchange, tweeted in support of Michel Douaihi:
Помимо кампании в Сети, друзья Дуайхи и члены его семьи вышли на акцию протеста в его родном городе Згарта на севере Ливана.