# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2019-egypt-media-law-blocks-al-mashhad)
- Source: Egypt tests new media law with handling of al-Mashhad website block. https://cpj.org/2019/05/egypt-tests-new-censorship-law-with-handling-of-al/
- 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

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/690. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.