Egypt Blocks 21 Websites For 'Terrorism' And 'Fake News' (reuters.com) 55
Ahmed Aboulenein, reporting for Reuters: Egypt has banned 21 websites, including the main website of Qatar-based Al Jazeera television and prominent local independent news site Mada Masr, accusing them of supporting terrorism and spreading false news. The blockade is notable in scope and for being the first publicly recognized by the government. It was heavily criticized by journalists and rights groups. The state news agency announced it late on Wednesday. Individual websites had been inaccessible in the past but there was never any official admission. Reuters found the websites named by local media and were inaccessible. The move follows similar actions taken on Wednesday by Egypt's Gulf allies Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which blocked Al Jazeera and other websites after a dispute with Qatar. From a separate report: "This is not the typical Egyptian regime attitude," Lina Attalah, the editor-in-chief of Mada Masr told BuzzFeed News in an interview in Cairo. "We are used to facing troubles with the regime since we have always chosen to write the stories they don't like to hear. We are used to being arrested or have cases filed against us, but blocking us is a new thing." Mada Masr, since its founding in 2013, has regularly published critical stories of the regime in both English and Arabic.
Re:Trump = [censored] (Score:1)
So far Checks and Balances are working fairly well to keep him in check. Chalk one up to the forefathers' design. Viva C&B!
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How am I dumb? The rules they want changed were used by the GOP to block dozens of Obama appointees. Strange how now they will be removed once it negatively impacts them. But, hey, keep cheering on your team instead of realizing how these rule changes are going to affect your side when the GOP goes back to the minority party.
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“This is the latest escalation in the left’s never-ending judicial war, the most audacious yet,” Mr. McConnell said, after describing Democratic opposition in the past to Judge Robert H. Bork and Justice Clarence Thomas. “And it cannot and it will not stand. There cannot be two sets of standards: one for the nominees of the Democratic president and another for the nominees of Republican presidents.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/0... [nytimes.com]
The hypocrisy is strong with these jerks.
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He can only stuff so many judges in 4 years. I sure hope it's only 4.
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I will partly agree and give him credit for at least actively acknowledging itches that BOTH parties failed to scratch: leaky borders* and lopsided trade.
That doesn't necessarily mean he can or will do anything about them. Talk only takes you so far. I believe his inattention to detail will eventually politically sink him, but we'll see.
As far as H being an allegedly bad candidate, remember that T also thumped each and every GOP candidate. H was politically lack-luster, but mostly competent to run the ship
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I thought the constitution would keep the minority party out of power, but that didn't happen.
*So far* Trump has been mostly checked.
Re:Trump = cock sucker (Score:5, Insightful)
Who is rioting over speech they disagree with? It isn't Trump supporters. (And by the way I didn't vote for him - but this hysteria on the left is simply too pathetic to ignore.)
As a side f**king note by making me defend the oompa lumpa so often from this BS you're making me (and others like me) more sympathetic to the oompa lumpa side.
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The word "rioting" is above your vocabulary level?
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I guess CNN didn't tell you this, but democratic operatives - some paid directly by Hillary's campaign - were routinely sent to Trump rallies to provoke fights so the media could play up the 'ZOMG VIOLENT FASCISTS!!!' angle. Trump talked about it in the 3rd debate too, but maybe you were too overcome with hate to listen.
http://dailycaller.com/2016/10/18/activist-who-took-credit-for-violent-chicago-protests-was-on-hillarys-payroll/
http://www.dailywire.com/news/10018/undercover-videos-allegedly-expose-dnc-hi
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This censorship shouldn't surprise anybody (Score:1)
3rd world countries being 3rd world countries.
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No he doesn't. It's not his job to tell others how to run their own countries. As US President it is his job to cultivate bilateral relationships that benefit the US. Right now it's evidently against the law for the US President or any of his deputies to even talk to a foreigner. In the future the Trump administration will be remembered positively because when compared to the press and those spending every waking moment of their day trying to un-elect him he will shine like a martyr.
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It's not his job to tell others how to run their own countries.
Ronald Reagan would have clearly disagreed.
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yes but RR was a traitor to the Rumple states of Trumpia
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No, because Sunni and Shiite aren't ethnicities. They're religious entities.
But keep up the trolling. We have plenty of Russian trolls on here, might as well get some Middle Eastern ones as well.
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Shi'ites & Sunnites happen to be an issue in Iraq, as well as Syria & Yemen. It's hardly an issue in Egypt, which has been solidly Sunni since the end of the Fatimid dynasty and the advent of Saladin.
However, al Jazeera does have the track record of being al Qaeda TV, back from the 9/11 days when they used to broadcast those Osama tapes. So Cairo ain't far off in their assessment. While most of the Arab media is obedient towards their own rulers, like the al Thanis in Qatar, they happily work t
Re: Oh please (Score:1)
"Muslim Brotherhood (the parent organization of al Qaeda)"
That's not true at all. The Muslim Brotherhood were democratically elected in Egypt and removed by a military coup.
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One is a non-sequitur to the other. Yeah, they were democratically elected and then removed. That doesn't disprove the fact that they are the parent organization of al Qaeda, Hamas and a number of other worldwide Jihadist organizations.
Also, since that coup, there has been another democratic election in Egypt that elected al Sisi. So his regime is very much legitimate, unlike Mubarak's. Yeah, the Muslim Brotherhood is still very popular, and 74% of Egyptians want Shariah to be the law of their land,
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They were two separate statements.
There you go again with your unfounded allegations "the fact that they are the parent organization of al Qaeda, Hamas and a number of other worldwide Jihadist organizations". Cite some sources please. I see what you're getting at but we're talking about the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood here.
That would be the democratic election where the opposition were either, dead, fled, banned, in hiding or being tortured in Egypt's prisons and where al-Sisi won 97% of the vote. Nothin
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Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood is the central Muslim Brotherhood of all. Ayman al Zawahiri was from this group, before he was spun off to al Qaeda. Hamas too is a spin-off.
Yeah, I agree w/ you that Morsi was democratically elected, but so was al-Sisi. And no, he didn't win 97% of the vote. The Egyptian people were largely disgusted by the high handedness of the Morsi regime, which is why they voted against them at the first possible opportunity. They'll get the chance to vote him out again in a few y
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First on the list... (Score:2)
Slashdot of course... All the Fake News for nerds unfit to print so we put it on a website...
Come on.. It's a joke. I swear!
Extremists = Media Manipulation (Score:2)
More countries should do the same because these groups simply are no longer trustworthy and are at best a brutal and savage culture.
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{sarcasm} It's a good thing other religions are honest and unbiased. {/sarcasm}
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That is old world media bullshit from the last millennium, the previous centuries media state. I give you http://www.internetlivestats.c... [internetlivestats.com] the internet. I billion web sites, thanks to weird ideas by backwards Americans, 1 billion in this case not being a million million but only a thousand million. Looking at one per second it would take, well, a billion seconds just to click on them, let alone read every page.
Reality is people only go where they want to go. No surprise taking over of people's minds and
Silencing critics (Score:2)
Hold on (Score:2)