Authorities in Egypt hold Christian incommunicado
By Morning Star News – Christian Daily International – Authorities in Egypt arrested a Coptic Christian this month for Facebook posts criticizing forced Islamic education of [...]
Social media used to incite sectarian strife against Coptic Christians in Egypt.
By Dr. Ashraf Ramelah – Pakistan Christian Post The most recent escalation of violence against Egyptian Copts living in Egypt occurred last month (November 2020) and was sparked by Facebook [...]
‘We’re at War’: A Covert Social Media Campaign Boosts Military Rulers
By Declan Walsh and Nada Rashwan – The New York Times – Days after Sudanese soldiers massacred pro-democracy demonstrators in Khartoum in June, an obscure digital marketing company [...]
Egypt Leads the Pack in Internet Censorship Across the Middle East
By Elissa Miller – Atlantic Council – Internet censorship around the world, including in the Middle East, is not a new phenomenon. Freedom of expression facilitated by the internet [...]
Egypt to regulate popular social media users
By BBC News – Egypt’s parliament has passed a controversial law that will allow the state to regulate social media users. Under the law, a personal social media account, blog or [...]
An Internet Clean Of Jihadi Incitement – Not Mission Impossible
By Yigal Carmon – MEMRI Introduction Social media companies are beginning to lose advertising revenue due to the hateful content that appears on their sites. According to reports, major [...]
Egypt Judiciary Lends Its Support to State’s Social Media Snooping
By Khalid Hassan – Al-Monitor – On Sept. 25, a judicial report was issued by the State Commissioners Authority, the advisory body for the State Council, supporting the Ministry of [...]
Jordanian Figure Nahed Hattar Assassinated outside Jordanian Court
By Jadaliyya – On the morning of Sunday 25 September 2016, a gunman shot Jordanian writer and opposition figure Nahed Hattar outside of the Jordanian Palace of Justice. At the [...]
Egyptian Court Upholds Social Media Snooping
By POMED – After protracted legal wrangling, the State Commissioner’s Authority, advisory body to the State Council, has recommended that the Administrative Court uphold an Interior [...]
