The TikTok Case: A New Platform to Oppress Women in Egypt
Egyptian authorities are arresting an increasing number of women on different charges related to their social media activity; in some…
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Digital Rights Roundup: Lebanese woman gets eights years in Egypt for video, Twitter bans 35 accounts at Israel’s request, and a 15 year old detained in Lebanon for WhatsApp story
Feature image Egypt today, July 2018: A screenshot from Mona el-Mazbouh’s apology video. A Lebanese tourist was sentenced to eight…
Egyptian Parliament Passes Cybercrimes Law to Legitimize its Efforts to Curb Free Speech
Last week, the Egyptian parliament approved a draconian also known as the Cybercrimes law, which compels Internet Service Providers (ISPs)…
“Youtube Will Be the Biggest Website Banned in Egypt, But Not the First”
Feature image via Youtube: The image Youtube presents when a video is no longer available. On Saturday, Egypt’s Supreme Administrative…
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…
