The ISF Cybercrime Bureau questioned comedian Shaden Fakih over allegedly mocking the ISF in a video criticising the permits system during COVID-19.

Singer Elie Massaad was called in for questioning regarding one of his songs, after it was attributed to “a great reference in the country”.

Visual artist Pascale Tarraf was interrogated because of her critiques of President Michel Aoun and his mandate in her Facebook posts.

Lebanese authorities banned US horror film "Annabelle: Creation" from cinemas after some Christian clerics expressed opposition to some of the scenes.

Film director Ziad Doueiri was held and questioned by security officers at the Beirut airport, then appeared in court for shooting a 2013 film in Israel.

Lebanese TV station MTV stopped broadcasting a film about Jesus' life, which was set to air Easter weekend, due to online protests and insults from viewers.

‘Wonder Woman’ was banned in Lebanon & Qatar, pulled from a festival in Algeria & suspended in Tunisia due to lead actress Gal Gadot's Israeli nationality.

Two movies – ‘Beit Al-Baher’ and ‘Mawlana’ – were not granted screening permissions during the Beirut Cinema Days film festival.

Singers Myriam Klink and Jad Khalife were interrogated for over six hours at a Beirut police station over a video authorities banned for being “indecent”.

Egyptian film ‘Mawlana’ (Preacher) banned in Kuwait, UAE & Lebanon over backlash from religious clerics amid fears it could “incite sectarian strife”.