Egypt's New Media Laws

In recent times, the Egyptian Government is exerting a remarkable effort to improve and develop the legalities of the media and press laws and regulations. There are four new laws that shall be issued during 2018, three of which fall under the same umbrella, regulating media and press, and another that regulates social media.

The aforementioned laws are still under review by Egyptian authorities, and shall enter into force within three month from the date of being published in the Official Gazette.

Social Media Draft Law

The new Social Media Draft Law aims to monitor the usage of social media in Egypt by creating new Egyptian-based social networks, in other words, this law suggests creating, for example, a new-Egyptian Facebook, registration for which shall require the users' national identification number and shall be available to Egyptians that are 18 years or older.