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LEGISLATION WATCH- The Ismail cabinet introduced its proposed Cyber Crimes Act to the House yesterday<\/strong>, Al Shorouk reports<\/a>. A number of MPs have noted (approvingly, we add) that the law<\/a> would make it easier to run surveillance of social media, but would oblige the security and policy services to seek authorization before tracking any one specific individual. The Cyber Crimes Act will expand the definition of online crime<\/a> to include \u201cspreading false news on Egypt,\u201d which will apply to all media outlets.<\/p>\n

Cabinet has also introduced amendments to the Traffic Act<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LEGISLATION WATCH- The Ismail cabinet introduced its proposed Cyber Crimes Act to the House yesterday, Al Shorouk reports. 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