Egypt drafting legislation to regulate social media platforms
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- 23 Jan 2023
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Egypt's Supreme Council for Media Regulation is preparing legislation that would require social media platforms to obtain a license to access mobile users in the country, the head of the Supreme Council for Media Regulation Karam Gabr told the Senate on Sunday.
"This new legislative and legal procedure aims to protect our children and citizens from the dangerous ideas which these platforms propagate," said Gabr.
Gabr's remark came in response to questions by members of the Egyptian Senate's Education Committee on Sunday. Many Senators have called for imposing controls on social media platforms, particularly Tiktok, over fears that they propagate violence, extremism and homosexuality.
"The ideas and thoughts these platforms convey, particularly TikTok, are very destructive to our society, our children and our citizens," said Senator Mohamed Emar, calling upon the government to ban TikTok in Egypt.
Gabr agreed that social media platforms and video games are attracting greater sectors of society in Egypt.
"The number of citizens who are now using social media platforms in Egypt has reached 8 million," said Gabr, "this has led the Supreme Council for Media Regulation to intervene to control the harmful use of social media platforms and video games."
"The Council is currently drafting new legislation that will make it obligatory for any platform to get a prior legal license in order to have access to mobile phone users," said Gabr, indicating that "the objective of this legislation is to stand up to the destructive ideas which these platforms disseminate." Read More…
