![]() “How can they control the practice in the local press? Perhaps the council can manage to detect writers using the names of famous figures but what about those writing under ordinary names?” He wondered. Journalist Khalid El-Balshy believes the decision is practically difficult to implement. ![]() “The law and the constitution safeguard freedom of the press, which doesn’t entail an unfamiliar restriction, in this case, a journalist who doesn’t want to disclose real name,” he explained. “When an article is published, it becomes the responsibility of the newspaper not the writer’s,” he argued.Įgypt arrests editor-in-chief of prominent independent news site Read More » “The decision is rather funny,” Egyptian lawyer Fahd El-Banna told Middle East Eye. 'Ironically enough, pseudonyms have been mostly used by journalists working for state-owned newspapers who had no chance to speak their minds'Īs the controversial op-eds drew widespread criticism, whether on social media or by Egyptian media outlets, the council investigated the incident, imposing a set of penalties against the newspaper.įollowing the interrogation of Diab and the paper's chief editor Abdel-Latif El-Menawy on 22 April by the media council officials, the regulator described press freedom in the country as being “not ultimate".ĭeputy head of the media regulator justified the decision by telling Egyptian daily El-Watan newspaper that the reason behind it was to “protect the intellectual property rights of writers”.Īt the same time, he added, it helps hold accountable whoever violates the code of conduct, writing in a pen name. In the articles, the writer - who was later identified as the newspaper’s founder and co-owner Salah Diab - suggested that the Sinai Peninsula be turned into an autonomous region with an independent ruler and be only affiliated with Egypt in matters related to border security and foreign policy. The media regulator’s call is believed to have been triggered by a series of op-eds published in the daily Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper under the pseudonym Newton. The controversial decision has been added to the code of conduct of media outlets stipulated by the regulator last year. On 12 May, Egypt’s Council for Media Regulation, an independent authority that monitors media operations, announced that print and online media outlets would be required to submit a request that clarifies the reason for using pseudonymous bylines, the duration of using them in addition to the writers’ real names. ![]() ![]() His mother, princess Lilian Turner doesn’t exist.An Egyptian regulator has issued a decision banning writers from using pseudonyms without its consent, in a further setback for press freedom in the country. His account started as a Justin Bieber impersonator, then suddenly changed into model Ricardo Baldin It all looks too perfect and glamorous, until you look a little closer and your jaw hits the floor. He has built a whole network of fake famous, rich businessmen, models and celebrities, where it is impossible to understand what the hell is going on and people are actually buying it. Guess what! The guy doesn’t exist, and the sad thing is that almost everyone we know was sharing this post. Honestly, we were taken back by the post as we’ve never heard of this guy and his description perfectly fits Nassef Sawiris, so in an attempt to reach out to him for an interview, we had a very entertaining slap in the face that reminded us how manipulative and fake the Internet can be. A post has been going around social media from a fake “AlMasry AlYoum” blog, claiming that a young Egyptian, Ahmed El Messiry, is the world’s youngest billionaire.
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