Egyptian blogger Aliaa Elmahdy: Why I posed naked
When I first began following this story, I wrote, “To everyone his/her own. If posing nude gives Aliaa the freedom she wants, then good for her. However, I really don’t see her action as part of the democracy that we aspire towards in Egypt.” Today, after having read this interview,…
Julian Assange: Facebook most appalling spying machine that has ever been invented
This is part of an interview that RT television had with Julian Assange a few months ago. I’m posting it now as I remembered it after hearing about ANONYMOUS’ planned attack on Facebook….
Asmaa Mahfouz: Did I Tweet Too Much?
Asmaa Mahfouz was summoned today by the Egyptian Military Prosecution for a tweet posted on her account in Arabic saying: If the judiciary does not get us our rights, don’t be upset if…
San Francisco Subway Cut Communications To Disrupt Protest
The authorities yesterday pulled the plug on the mobile phone nodes that cover the area of where activists planned a protest for the fatal shooting by the police. The authorities admitted that the…
Repressing the Internet, Western-Style
Did the youthful rioters who roamed the streets of London, Manchester and other British cities expect to see their photos scrutinized by angry Internet users, keen to identify the miscreants? In the immediate…
Anonymous Vows to Kill Facebook on 5th November
[Transcript of video] Attention citizens of the world, We wish to get your attention, hoping you heed the warnings as follows: Your medium of communication you all so dearly adore will be destroyed. If you…
Trapped in an Online Filter Bubble
As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there’s a dangerous unintended consequence: We get trapped in a “filter bubble” and don’t get exposed…
Bloggers Arrested in Egypt, Bahrain & UAE
Bloggers are being arrested in Egypt, Bahrain and the UAE for blogging criticism about their regimes. Here’s an article by the Economists that reports some recent examples. GOVERNMENTS in the Middle East are getting…
Unverified: Egypt to amend Telecom Law to Prevent Internet Kill Switch
I still can’t verify this news as it is only published on Telecom Paper: The Egyptian cabinet of ministers announced a review of the communications law, and in particular article no. 67 which…
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