This is a concern: Seven new websites were reportedly blocked in Egypt on Monday, according to the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE), bringing to 101 the number of sites the group claims is blocked. The report also noted that there was a difference in the number of blocked sites depending on the ISP used, especially as some sites were blocked and unblocked several times on the same network. “Noor Company came as the company with the lowest number of blocked sites. Noor is the only company that did not disconnect the Internet from its users during the events of the Egyptian revolution 2011.” AFTE is asking the government to disclose its decision to block the sites in question and is asking that the Prosecutor General’s Office confirm whether or not the decision to block sites is related to ongoing investigations.

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