Friday, May 22, 2009

Banning Porn Websites in Egypt

This is how it starts. An Egyptian court announced on Tuesday, 13th May officially banning porn websites in Egypt. Where do u think this is going to lead us? Do u think that's where it ends?
Hell no, this is just the beginning. There will be other banned websites & believe me when i tell u that even some blogs will be banned. 
A couple of months ago there was an unsuccessful campaign to ban some political website & blogs, where the ministry of Communications interfered & stated that there will be no laws to ban websites as it is a way of seizing freedom of press. But now they came up with a new plan, first ban porn websites with the most convincing excuse ever used in an Arab society: (Haram), it is against religion. Unfortunately, this excuse works just fine in this world. Then comes the big move - banning some political websites & blogs - which will be very soon & then we can kiss internet freedom good bye in all the region. But i guess this problem will always remain & every time we find a way of expressing our opinions, telling the truth about things & try to spread awareness our governments will try to oppress us & seize more freedoms to ensure they r ruling an ignorant population.

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