Egypt

Background Egypt has taken several steps toward greater political freedom since the beginning of President Hosni Mubarak’s administration in 1981, including amending its constitution to allow multiple candidates to run in presidential elections.“Country profile: Egypt,” BBC News, March 10, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/737642.stm. However, an...

- Posted on 06/Aug/2009; tagged in Egypt, Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

ONI Blog: Threat to the Open Net: March 30, 2012

China removed all mentions of Bo Xilai on China's microblogging sites. After the CCP member was removed from his position as secretary of Chongqing municipality, Chinese microblogs blew up with discussions about the politician as well as rumors of unrest in...

- Posted on 30/Mar/2012; tagged in China, Egypt, Iran, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Threats to the Open Net

ONI Blog: Egypt's Government Plans to Block All Online Pornography

Mohamed Salem, the head of Egypt's Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology, told the Egypt Independent that the government will begin banning pornography completely from the Internet. The National Telecommunications Regulation Authority will form a committee to lay out the technical...

- Posted on 29/Mar/2012; tagged in Egypt, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Legislation, Social filtering

ONI Blog: Reporters Without Borders Releases "Enemies of the Internet" Report

Last week on World Day Against Cyber Censorship, Reporters Without Borders released this year's "Enemies of the Internet" report. Among the newest additions to the list are Bahrain and Belarus, both of which had been under surveillance but had not...

- Posted on 20/Mar/2012; tagged in Bahrain, Belarus, Egypt, India, North Korea, South Korea, Libya, Venezuela, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Europe, Australia/New Zealand, Arrests and legal action, Human rights, Surveillance, Political filtering

ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: December 16, 2011

Every week, the OpenNet Initiative provides a weekly news roundup (dubbed "Threats to the Open Net") in addition to our usual in-depth blog posts. If you would like to subscribe to the RSS feed for our newsreel, our entire blog,...

- Posted on 16/Dec/2011; tagged in Egypt, Rwanda, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Arrests and legal action, Human rights, Threats to the Open Net

ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: November 11, 2011

- Posted on 11/Nov/2011; tagged in Brazil, China, Egypt, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Latin America, Legislation, Copyright, Surveillance, Threats to the Open Net, Political filtering

ONI Blog: Egyptian Blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah Releases Letter From Prison

Egyptian blogger and activist Alaa Abdel Fattah released a letter from prison last week revealing details about his month-long incarceration. After the October 9 demonstration in Cairo, the most violent clash between the state and civilians since Hosni Mubarak was ousted,...

- Posted on 09/Nov/2011; tagged in Egypt, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Arrests and legal action

ONI Blog: New Data Added to ONI's Social Media Filtering Map

The OpenNet Initiative is excited to announce the addition of a full year of new data to its Social Media Filtering Map. The map gives users a visual overview where of Facebook, Flickr, Orkut, Twitter, and Youtube have been blocked since...

- Posted on 10/Aug/2011; tagged in Egypt, Tunisia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Sub-Saharan Africa, ONI, Political filtering, Social filtering

ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: April 29, 2011

- Posted on 29/Apr/2011; tagged in Burma, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Threats to the Open Net

ONI Blog: Egypt’s Internet Blackout: Extreme Example of Just-in-time Blocking

In a nearly unprecedented move, the Egyptian government appears to have ordered all Internet service providers to shut off connectivity. As of 1:00 am Cairo time on Friday, January 28 — a day of planned demonstrations — reports began to circulate...

- Posted on 28/Jan/2011; tagged in Egypt, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), ONI, Conflict and security filtering