“Social media accounts and blogs with more than 5,000 followers on sites such as Twitter and Facebook will be treated as media outlets, which makes them subject to prosecution for publishing false news or incitement to break the law.”
Read more: https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Egypt-targets-social-media-journalists-with-new-law-562746
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