Censorship of websites in Egypt (2017)

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.

## Contents

* 1 Blocked Sites
* 1.1 Newspapers
* 1.2 Online News Network
* 1.3 Others
* 2 References

## 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.