Mohamed Seif Eldin-Cairo
A number of social media users in Egypt today, especially Suez, have been partially blocked by Twitter and Facebook.
A number of users of the island Net in Suez that the applications "Messenger" and "Twitter" are not fully available, and are having difficulty in using them normally.
Twitter from browser مش شغال من app شغال ... -? (@TheSamehOrabi) September 23, 2019 |
J group .. we and communications workers blocking for messenger - Mohammed?? (@ mooo1042001) September 23, 2019 |
This comes in conjunction with the blocking of the sites of the British and the American free because of their coverage of the demonstrations that erupted in the past two days demanding the departure of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
The monitoring of the site "Net Blocks" (on digital rights) blocking the application "Messenger" in Egypt and restrictions on access to a number of users.
Two telecom providers in Egypt on Sunday disrupted "broadband" access to these services and news sites, the website said.
Confirmed: Facebook Messenger, BBC News and social media CDN servers restricted in #Egypt by leading providers amid demonstrations against government corruption; incident ongoing #KeepItOn |
The number of blocked sites in Egypt is about 513, according to the Foundation for Freedom of Thought and Expression (Civil Society).
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The blocking coincides with calls for millions on Friday by Egyptian contractor and artist Mohamed Ali on social media to demand the departure of Sisi.