Claim 522

Egypt's cybercrime law makes it illegal to use certain open-source software without the council's permission if it could be characterized as committing a crime.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Egypt's cybercrime law makes it illegal to use certain open-source software without the council's permission if it could be characterized as committing a crime.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: cybercrime law on software use
About: incident 2018-egypt-scmr-license-requirement-al-manassa
Source: Al-Manassa editor Nora Younis on censorship in Egypt
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2020-10-26

Quotation from the source

It is illegal under cybercrime law to use, without SCMR permission, open source software to commit 'a crime.'