Egypt
Country Profile: 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: 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 Arrests and legal action, Egypt, Human rights, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Rwanda, Threats to the Open Net
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: November 11, 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 11/Nov/2011; tagged in Asia, Brazil, China, Copyright, Egypt, Latin America, Legislation, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Political filtering, Surveillance, Threats to the Open Net
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 Arrests and legal action, Egypt, Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
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, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), ONI, Political filtering, Social filtering, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tunisia
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: April 29, 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,...
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 Conflict and security filtering, Egypt, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), ONI
ONI Blog: Blocked or Not Blocked? Lessons from an Intriguing “Filtering” Instance
Determining whether a Web site is blocked by a state filtering regime is sometimes a complicated issue that goes beyond finding out whether the site is simply accessible or inaccessible, and requires a multi-disciplinary approach, which ONI has been uniquely employing in...
- Posted on 30/Apr/2010; tagged in Egypt, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), ONI, Political filtering, Saudi Arabia
ONI Blog: UN Security Forces Removal of ONI Poster
Whilst attending the Internet Governance Forum in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, the OpenNet Initiative (along with partners of ONI Asia) gathered to present their upcoming book, Access Controlled: The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace. A poster advertising the...
Report: Internet Filtering in Egypt in 2006-2007
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Note: a newer version of this profile is available at Country Profiles: Egypt.
Overview
Currently there is no evidence of Internet filtering in Egypt, although a small group of politically sensitive Web sites have been blocked in the past. Online writers...
