smexadmin • 16 Mar 2018

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…

smexadmin • 16 May 2016

Egypt: Death Penalty Possible for Cybercrime

Feature image via Monasosh Flickr.       The Committee of Suggestions and Complaints in the Egyptian parliament accepted and…

smexadmin • 06 Mar 2014

#InternetRevolution: For a Better Internet in Egypt

A group of Egyptian activists have launched a campaign targeting the high cost of poor internet service in Egypt. The…

smexadmin • 18 Feb 2011

Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces Opens a Facebook Page

This is the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces official Facebook page. It has more than 100,000 Likes in less…

smexadmin • 31 Jan 2011

VJ Um Amel Remixes Egypt

Egyptian-American VJ Um Amel (VJ Mother of Hope), one of the participants in last year’s Arab Techies Women meeting in…

smexadmin • 27 Jan 2011

Free World, Speak Up for a Free Egypt!

To express our gratitude for how much we’ve learned from Egyptian activists—and our solidarity with their current struggle—we are reprinting…

smexadmin • 18 May 2009

Jordan, Egypt, and Lebanon, Oh My! Digital and Social Media Training in the Arab World

We can’t keep up. It seems like every time we open our inbox, another digital media training is taking place…