Since May 24, more than 114 websites have been blocked in Egypt, and this number keeps growing. The reason being that the Egyptian government is cracking down on both international and local digital outlets. A majority of the blocked websites are news websites, since the Egyptian government wants to quell...
An ongoing dispute with Qatar continues on causing a huge crackdown on news websites and VPNs in the country. Between May 24th and June 12 2017, more than 60 websites have been reported as blocked. According to the AFTE, the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression, the government in...
Just recently the Egyptian government blocked access to news websites alleging that these websites were guilty of spreading “fake news”. Several popular new websites were blocked by internet service providers at the request of the Egyptian government. Websites like the Qatari-funded broadcaster Al-Jazeera, Al-Sharq, Masr al-Arabia, Al-Shaab, and Rassd were...
