Egypt’s Ministry of Interior arrested the administrator of the Tanta Anti-Coup Movement Facebook page after the government labeled him a “Muslim Brotherhood terrorist,” an official statement released Saturday on the ministry’s social media page said.
The page administrator, identified only by his initials and birth year, was charged over “spreading false news, inciting violence against security forces” as well as “spreading personal information of security officers.”
Security forces seized computers and “flash-drives” from the suspect’s house and an investigation is being conducted, according to the Egyptian daily news website The Daily News Egypt.
While security forces attempt to monitor what happens on the internet, they lack the cyber-surveillance skills necessary for monitoring activists and Facebook pages, Wafaa al-Banna, professor of English Literature at Cairo University told the website.
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