Censorship
China clamping down on use of VPNs to evade Great Firewall
World
July 20, 2017
China clamping down on use of VPNs to evade Great Firewall
China is tightening control over foreign companies’ internet use as part of a crackdown on technology that allows web surfers…
Tech companies plan virtual protest to protect net neutrality
Technology
July 11, 2017
Tech companies plan virtual protest to protect net neutrality
Tech companies plan to display special messages as part of a “Day of Action” on July 12 — an online…
MPs call on government to monitor Facebook, suspend male-female online communication
Egypt
July 1, 2017
MPs call on government to monitor Facebook, suspend male-female online communication
Parliament members have called on the government to practice censorship on social media networks in Egypt to suspend online communication…
Five more sites blocked in Egypt, raising total to 62
Egypt
June 14, 2017
Five more sites blocked in Egypt, raising total to 62
Five additional websites offering VPN services, including TunnelBear, CyberGhost, Hotspot Shield, TigerVPN and ZenVPN were blocked on Tuesday, along with…
Egypt restricts access to 57 news website: report
Egypt
June 12, 2017
Egypt restricts access to 57 news website: report
Independent news websites Al-Badil, Al-Bedaiah, and Medium, are now unreachable to internet users in Egypt, raising the total number of…
Lebanon bans the new Wonder Woman movie
Cinema/TV
June 1, 2017
Lebanon bans the new Wonder Woman movie
Lebanese authorities banned the new “Wonder Woman” movie Wednesday hours before it was due to premiere in the capital and…
TV channels and censor at odds over content rating
Culture
May 31, 2017
TV channels and censor at odds over content rating
The Ramadan TV season has only just begun, yet the drama has already started with several conflicts between Egypt’s Censorship…
Sisi ratifies new law allowing state full control over NGO work in Egypt
Egypt
May 30, 2017
Sisi ratifies new law allowing state full control over NGO work in Egypt
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi ratified on Monday a new law that is set to regulate the work of non-governmental organizations…
Lebanese ministry calls for ban of Wonder Woman movie
Cinema/TV
May 30, 2017
Lebanese ministry calls for ban of Wonder Woman movie
Lebanon’s ministry of economy says it has asked the country’s security agency to ban the 2017 Wonder Woman movie because…
Staff of blocked news outlets threaten to protest at Press Syndicate
Egypt
May 30, 2017
Staff of blocked news outlets threaten to protest at Press Syndicate
A number of staff from local media outlets whose websites were blocked in Egypt held a meeting at Al-Bedaiah newspaper headquarters Tuesday to…