# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2018-egypt-scmr-license-requirement-al-manassa)
- Source: Al-Manassa editor Nora Younis on censorship in Egypt. https://cpj.org/2020/10/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.'

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