مصر: مراقبة رسائل البريد الإلكتروني..رسمياً
في أعقاب منع الحكومة المصرية قافلة شريان الحياة من المرور إلي غزة، وفي أثناء التغطية الإعلامية المحلية والعالمية لتعامل الحكومة المصرية مع القافلة وقمع أعضائها، أقام برنامج القاهرة اليوم علي قناة أوربيت حلقة بخصوص تعامل الخارجية مع القافلة، وكان السفير حسام زكي، المتحدث الرسمي باسم وزارة الخارجية المصرية ضيف من خلال مداخلة تليفونية موضحا موقف الخارجية. وفي أثناء حديث زكي أشار "مسائل مرصودة في الايميلات اللي بعتنها لبعض". ورغم أن الحلقة وحديث السفير أبعد ما يكون عن موضوع الرقابة الالكترونية وتعقب مستخدمين الانترنت، إلا أن هذا لا يمنع من تسليط الضوء على العبارة التي ذكرها زكي باعتبارة مسئول حكومي، والتي تؤكد التكهنات بقيام الحكومة المصرية بمراقبة مستخدمين الانترنت
Egypt: Officially, E-mail Censorship
In the wake of preventing a convoy to Gaza by the Egyptian government, the local and international media highlighted the Egyptian’s government trend towards the convoy and repressing its members. Among the media, a talk show program aired on Orbit TV named Al-Qahera Al-Youm [Cairo Today] had an episode on the situation of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), and Ambassador Hossam Zaki, the MoFA spokesperson, was a guest in the show through a phone call clarifying the MoFA situation and how was the Ministry able to explore the convoy members plans, within his call he mentioned "stuffs are monitored in emails between them" (i.e convoy members).
Although, the media coverage and the episode wasn’t about online censorship but still it’s important to highlight Zaki’s quote. Moreover, the quote is by an official spokesperson which confirms the speculation that the Egyptian government is censoring netizens.
A Video for Zaki’s quote is provided. [Ar]
In the wake of preventing a convoy to Gaza by the Egyptian government, the local and international media highlighted the Egyptian’s government trend towards the convoy and repressing its members. Among the media, a talk show program aired on Orbit TV named Al-Qahera Al-Youm [Cairo Today] had an episode on the situation of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), and Ambassador Hossam Zaki, the MoFA spokesperson, was a guest in the show through a phone call clarifying the MoFA situation and how was the Ministry able to explore the convoy members plans, within his call he mentioned "stuffs are monitored in emails between them" (i.e convoy members).
Although, the media coverage and the episode wasn’t about online censorship but still it’s important to highlight Zaki’s quote. Moreover, the quote is by an official spokesperson which confirms the speculation that the Egyptian government is censoring netizens.
A Video for Zaki’s quote is provided. [Ar]