The Administrative Court ruled on Saturday against the banning of pornography websites in Egypt.
A case was filed by lawyer Ibrahim Attia against deposed President Mohamed Morsy's request to ban pornography websites in Egypt.
Ibrahim Attia, the lawyer who file the case during deposed Mohamed Morsy's reign, argued that with high rates of unemployment and increased marriage burdens, pornography has become an integral part of many young men's lives. Banning such sites, according to him, would protect the society.
Last November, former Prosecutor-General Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud submitted an official letter to the ministries of telecommunications, information and interior ordering that measures be adopted to ban pornographic websites in Egypt, based on a 2009 court order to this effect.
In May 2009, Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court declared a ban on pornographic websites. The move was based on a lawsuit filed by Islamist lawyer Nezar Ghourab.
Blocking pornographic websites would cost Egypt up to LE100 million ($16.5m) to implement and may place a significant strain on the country's internet services, according to telecom and IT experts.
