The Turkish Government Expands Its Crackdown on Web Freedom

The Turkish government is acting harshly against the opposition’s…

Iranian activity against Telegram and now also against the company’s CEO

On September 26, 2017, it was published that Iran had filed charges…

Four social media pages closed in Egypt for inciting violence

On October 10, 2017, it was published that Egyptian Interior…

Houthi Mufti issues a fatwa against Internet in Yemen

On September 25, 2017, it was published that the mufti of the…

Local news website allegedly being blocked in Algeria

On October 12, 2017, it was published that access to the local…

Miss Turkey 2017 stripped of her crown due to a tweet which seems to support last year’s coup attempt

On September 22, 2017, Turkish and international media reported…

Internet outages in Syria, Iraq and Libya

Internet users in various countries in the Middle East experienced…

Internet blocking attempts to combat the phenomenon of matriculation exams leaks

On June 14th it was posted that several voices in the Egyptian…

The arrest of members of a band that has released a video which criticizes the Egyptian government

On May 11th it was reported that four young Egyptians, members…

Software designed to allow Iranians to view internet content by bypassing governmental restrictions

On March 18th  it was published that a young Iranian-American…

Saudi Shura Council calls for the reduction of communication and internet costs in the kingdom

On January 27th it was reported that during a meeting with the…

Soon, Thailand will also equip its army with a cyber-warfare unit

 The many challenges posed by the computerized world and especially…

Whom did Egyptian Internet users vote for?

On May 23, 2012, Egypt went to the Presidential elections, in…

Wikipedia’s Tahrir Square

I originally published this post on my own blog on 25 June 2011.…

Barrier ahead

Free access to information and knowledge are a governmental and…

Business as Usual

When the revolution in Egypt, which spread throughout the Arab…

Middle East regimes continue fighting against the Internet

The Internet, social networks and cellular Internet have been…