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Claim 690

The scope of Law No. 180 of 2018 as applied to social media.

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

Statement: The scope of Law No. 180 of 2018 as applied to social media.
Field: action
Value: Law covers accounts with more than 5,000 followers
About: incident 2019-egypt-media-law-blocks-al-mashhad
Source: Egypt tests new media law with handling of al-Mashhad website block
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2019-05-07

Quotation from the source

applies to all online and offline media outlets, as well as social media accounts with more than 5000 followers