Social:Censorship of websites in Egypt (2017)

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As of June 2017, the government in Egypt has blocked more than 60 websites, 48 of which are online news websites according to the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression.[1]

Blocked sites are websites of opposition satellite channels that broadcast from outside Egypt, newspapers, online publishing platforms, websites of political and youth groups, VPN services, and online proxy websites.[2][3]

The government accuses those websites of supporting terrorism and extremism and spreading fake news.[4]

The censorship was enforced by all internet service providers in Egypt, including TE Data, Orange, Etisalat and Vodafone.

Blocked Sites

Blocked websites include :

Newspapers

  • Al Boursa-news, a prominent financial newspaper.[5]
  • Website of Elbadil newspaper.[6]
  • Website of Albedaiah newspaper.[7]
  • Website of AlShaab newspaper.

Online News Network

  • The English-language Daily News Egypt website.
  • Mada Masr, an independent news site which regularly published news and analysis about human rights abuse of Egyptians.
  • Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, a London-based online secular newspaper.
  • Rassd News Network, A popular online news outlet known to cover protests in Egypt.
  • Sasa Post

Others

  • English and Arabic versions of the Huffington Post.[8]
  • April 6 Youth Movement website.
  • Human Rights Watch, an international non-governmental organisation, which released a report on systematic torture in the country's jails[9]
  • Medium (website), is an online publishing platform for social journalism, having a collection of amateur and professional people with publications, or exclusive blogs or publishers

References

  1. ↑ "Dozens of news sites blocked as Egypt ramps up digital censorship" (in en). https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2017/06/dozens-of-news-sites-blocked-as-egypt-ramps-up-digital-censorship/. 
  2. ↑ "Egypt blocks 21 websites for 'terrorism' and 'fake news'". Reuters. 25 May 2017. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-censorship-idUSKBN18K307. Retrieved 2017-06-19. 
  3. ↑ "Egypt Blocks at Least 65 Sites Including VPN Websites". 2017-06-11. https://egyptianstreets.com/2017/06/11/egypt-blocks-at-least-46-websites-including-medium/. Retrieved 2017-06-19. 
  4. ↑ "تقرير رسمي يدافع عن قرار حجب مواقع إلكترونية بمصر لدعمها الإرهاب (نص كامل) | المصري اليوم" (in ar-AR). http://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/1139015. 
  5. ↑ "Egypt blocks financial newspaper website". http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/05/egypt-blocks-financial-newspaper-website-170528165449860.html. 
  6. ↑ "البديل - صوت المستضعفين" (in ar-AR). https://elbadil.com/. 
  7. ↑ "البداية" (in en). http://albedaiah.com/. 
  8. ↑ "Blocked Websites’s List" (in en-US). https://afteegypt.org/blocked-websites-list?lang=en. 
  9. ↑ "Egypt blocks Human Rights Watch website amid widespread media blockade". 2017. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-rights/egypt-blocks-human-rights-watch-website-amid-widespread-media-blockade-idUSKCN1BI310. 




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