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Turkey appears to be in vanguard of ‘throttling’ social media after attacks
Middle East

Turkey appears to be in vanguard of ‘throttling’ social media after attacks

After suicide bombers killed 45 people at Istanbul's main airport last week, the Turkish government appeared to take a step…
Cairo Administrative Court orders YouTube blocked
Egypt

Cairo Administrative Court orders YouTube blocked

The Cairo Administrative Court ordered the government Saturday to ban YouTube and all other websites that showed the anti-Islam film…
Porn ban unrealistic and worrying, experts say
Egypt

Porn ban unrealistic and worrying, experts say

  On Wednesday, the general prosecutor ordered the relevant authorities to enforce a court ruling banning pornographic websites that was…
Minister: Banning pornographic websites technically difficult
Egypt

Minister: Banning pornographic websites technically difficult

Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology Hany Mahmoud said blocking pornographic websites would not be easy from a technical perspective,…
China punishes social media, websites on coup talk
Egypt

China punishes social media, websites on coup talk

China is closing a dozen websites, penalizing two popular social media sites and detaining six people for circulating rumors of…
EU leads international condemnation of Tunisia
World

EU leads international condemnation of Tunisia

Brussels--The European Union led international condemnation on Monday of Tunisia's weekend crackdown on a wave of food protests which killed…
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