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With Its Government’s Blessing, a French Company Has Sold Spying Tools to Egypt
The administration of Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi bought surveillance technologies from the French cybersecurity company Ercom in 2014, according…
Uber Ordered to Stop Operations in Egypt, Its Largest and Fastest-Growing Middle East Market
Feature image via Wikimedia Egypt, June 17, 2011: Commons A taxi in Alexandria. Almost exactly one month after Uber suspended…
Two New MENA-Region Exploits Demonstrate the Desire for Information Control
The discovery of the Dark Caracal surveillance scheme in Lebanon earlier this year put the world on notice that states…
Message from Afrin: We Can’t Wait for a Shutdown to Condemn Network Disruptions in Times of War
Feature image via YPG spokesperson: Afrin under the Turkish and Free Syrian Army bombardment. March 14, 2018. On Sunday, March…
A Busy Week for Information Control in Egypt: Fake News Hotlines and Apparently the Government Is Building the New Facebook?
On Monday, multiple agencies within the Egyptian government announced pernicious, albeit unconventional, methods of information control ahead of this weekend’s…
Syrian Government Passes New Anti-Cybercrime Bill
Feature image via Breaking News Syria August 7, 2017: The headquarters of Syrian Criminal Security, the apparatus that runs the…
“Out of Coverage Area:” Sinai Peninsula Residents Unreachable
Feature image via twitter the Egyptian activist group of April 6 Movement, February 8, 2018: twitted under the hashtag “Sinai…