Abed Kataya • 28 Aug 2020

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…

  • Anti-Cyber and Information Technology Crimes Law
  • Digital Rights
  • Digital Rights
smexadmin • 13 Jul 2018

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…

  • Banning
  • Censorship
  • Digital Rights
smexadmin • 18 Jun 2018

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)…

  • Cybercrimes Law
  • Egypt
  • Egyptian Parliament
smexadmin • 01 Jun 2018

“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…

  • Banning Websites
  • Egypt
  • Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court
smexadmin • 25 May 2018

ZooPark: New Spyware Campaign Targets Android Users in the MENA

A targeted, albeit relatively unsophisticated, cyberespionage campaign with servers based in Iran has targeted the Android mobile devices of users…

  • Egypt
  • Hacking
  • Iran
smexadmin • 25 May 2018

A Weeklong Crackdown on Freedom of Expression in the Arab World

Feature image via Pixel. This week, authorities arrested journalists, bloggers, and human rights activists in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Early…

  • Egypt
  • Freedom Of Speech
  • Human Rights Activists
smexadmin • 21 Mar 2018

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…

  • Careem
  • Egypt
  • Egyptian security services