[x-pubpol] Court bans Internet pornography in Egypt

[Joly MacFie]

(via NNsquad)

Court bans Internet pornography in Egypt

http://j.mp/H8yF6l  (L.A. Times)

   An administrative court has banned Egyptians from surfing the
   Internet for pornography and ordered the state to block X-rated
   websites, the state newspaper Al Ahram has reported.  Pornographic
   websites emit "poisons in spreading immorality" that "destroy all
   religious beliefs, ethics and moral values," the court said in its
   verdict. "Not blocking them destroys. . .values. This can't be
   considered in the frame of freedom of expression because what's
   shown on these websites harms the country's higher interests and
   its national and social security."

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