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Egypt: Internet Freedom in Egypt

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Egypt, Tunisia, Digital Activism, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Technology, Youth

Tunisian blogger, Sami Ben Gharbia, published a video [1] explaining the role of the Egyptian blogsphere in exposing human rights abuses and the role of the social-networking website Facebook and the micro-blogging platform.

Here's the video:

And here's what Ben Gharbia, who is Global Voices Advocacy [2] editor, wrote:

Here is a great video explaining the role of the egyptian blogsphere in exposing human rights abuses and the role of the social-networking website Facebook [3]and the micro-blogging platform Twitter in organizing demos and strikes, such as the April 6 strike [4] and the May 4th General Strike [5].

The video features, among others, blogger and activist Noha Atef, editor of Tortureinegypt.net [6] blog, Gamal Eid, the executive director of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information [7], blogger and journalist Abdel Monem Mahmoud [8], and Facebook activist, Ahmed Maher [9].