Just days after tech community abandons plans to punish internet shutdowns… Egypt goes censorship crazy

Found on The Register on Tuesday, 13 June 2017
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Over the past three weeks, the Egyptian authorities have blocked access to more than 50 news websites, including Al Jazeera and local newspapers Daily News Egypt, Al-Borsa, and Al-Mesryoon.

On Monday, as more and more Egyptians turned to VPN services as a way to get around the blocks, ISPs started blocking access to the websites of companies offering such services.

That already worked so well during the Arab Spring, didn't it?