Egypt In Move Towards Internet Censorship, Likely To Ban Porn Sites

The situation in Egypt since the Arab Spring deposition of Hosni Mubarak is one we’ve reported on before. News today suggesting that Egypt may seek to censor internet activity shows the country may be moving in a more extreme direction than most in the west had hoped. The country’s Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology is taking preliminary measures to ban access to online pornograph according to local news source the Egypt Independent. The Minister in Charge of the area, Mohamed Salem announced last Thursday that the blocking of Pornography was a priority for his department. He said the issue was one…