Egypt: In Sisi’s Egypt ‘Laws Aimed At Curbing Disinformation Are Instruments of Political Repression’

Two global disinformation experts discuss how the criminalisation of ‘fake news’ became an excuse for a clampdown on journalists and popular online commentators.

DOUNIA MAHLOULY: The Covid-19 crisis and subsequent war in Ukraine arguably raised public concerns about disinformation. In Europe and the United States, this issue has introduced a debate on the rising popularity of the far right and is also associated with a Russian brand of media populism. How relevant is this concept in the case of…