Multiple outages hit social media, government and news websites across the globe on Tuesday morning, with some reports pointing to a glitch at U.S.-based cloud computing services provider Fastly. Reuters could not immediately confirm the issue affecting...اقرأ المزيد
The Public Prosecution ordered Saturday five defendants detained over publishing fake news on social media that would affect national security. The detainees will remain in custody for 15 days pending investigations into these accusations of misusing...اقرأ المزيد
Four people were arrested over accusations of recruiting victims via social media, and trafficking their body organs in exchange of money. Residents in Ismailia governorate captured the four people, and assaulted them after rumors the four kidnapped a...اقرأ المزيد
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi recommended forming a national research committee to set a strategy to deal with social media sites in the session titled “Social Media: Saving or enslaving users” on Nov. 5, the second day of the World Youth Forum. “Social...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt’s parliament passed a bill on Monday that allows authorities to monitor social media accounts with 5,000 followers, and to block them if they are found to publish “fake news.” Moreover, Facebook and Twitter accounts with more than 5000 followers...اقرأ المزيد
At the beginning of September, the Facebook posts of three young Egyptians were widely shared across social media networks expressing their will to commit suicide. All three men followed through with their reported intentions. Social media users in Egypt...اقرأ المزيد