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– Egypt's new cybercrime law legalizes Internet censorship (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News August 24, 2018

The "cybercrime law" that Egypt's President Sisi signed on 18 August legalizes and reinforces the existing censorship and blocking of websites and criminalizes both those who operate sites and those who use them.
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