Tag: surveillance
Outrage over exoneration of Egypt telecom giants in communications shutdowns
To follow up on this posting, Ahram Online has a good report by Salma el-Wardani, where she reports on how telecommunication companies were not surprised by Mubarak’s orders to shut down services, as they first practiced shutdowns at the request of government officials during the 2008 Mahalla uprising.
Surveillance chiefs to remain in service
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| From SS Officers |
The National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority NTRA has reshuffled its board, and guess what? Not only did SS General Rushdi el-Qamari keep his post, as the interior ministry’s representative on its board, but also Tarek Kamel, Mubarak’s infamous minister of telecommunication, has joined! You can find both their names on the official website of NTRA.
What kind of sick musical chairs game is going on here? How can the orchestrators of Mubarak’s crackdown on telecommunication during the uprising be rewarded posts in the new revolutionary Egypt?