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Egypt's Got Facebook Cops: This Week in Online Tyranny

2nd September 2010 21:30

facebook_logo_mar09.pngEgypt has created a special security department to monitor Facebook. Allegedly, the "main task of this group is to monitor Facebook content like groups, pages and chat and to publish reports countering online criticism of current Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak or his son Gamal." But it's extremely unlikely that the secret police powering it will not collect user information, as well as seek out and punish those who use the social network for free speech…