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Internet censorship in Egypt

Egypt (EG) · · Atom

12
Censorship Score
Level
medium
Risk Tier
T2High
Trend
− stable
Global Rank
#16
Incidents
55

Overview

Egypt blocks news sites and restricts VoIP applications. Censorship increases during elections and political events.

Evidence provenance
10 records from 2 sources
  • IODA9 (90%)
    ASN-level outage signals + BGP
  • CensoredPlanet1 (10%)
    Satellite (DNS) + Hyperquack (HTTP/S)

Every record carries a permalink back to its upstream measurement. Click a source label to drill into the raw data for Egypt.

7-Day Risk Forecast

Predictive AI

Machine learning prediction of censorship risk based on historical patterns and political events. Calibrated 2026-05-20 via isotonic refit on 810 live outcomes. See drivers + similar past events →

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Multi-horizon shutdown forecast — Egypt

monotonic ok
Next 1 day
36.4%
Next 7 days
76.7%
Next 30 days
82.6%

Honest scope: this is a current-regime risk signal, not a shutdown-onset predictor. It reliably flags countries already in a sustained blocking regime; on the days a new shutdown actually begins its skill is at/below chance (transition-row AUC ~0.33). Why →

ML Intelligence

Atlas models · 2026-05-21

Composite signals from Voidly Atlas's ML model suite — censorship intensity, contagion follow-risk, expected shutdown duration and behavioral peers. Model changelog →

Voidly Score
34.7/ 100
▼ 5.84 vs yesterday
How this is computed →
Expected shutdown duration
~5days
If a critical shutdown occurs · IQR ±1d
Evidence grade mix (55)
A: 34B: 20F: 1
Grading rubric →
Try-first circumvention tool
Generic commercial VPN bootstrap · commercial-vpn-aggregate · 46% probe success (mostly-blocked)
Full evasion table →
Behaviorally similar countries
AE85%VN83%BY83%

Similarity is behavioral (how a country blocks), not political.

Recent Incidents

10 active
Censorship detected in Egypt
3d ago
1% anomaly · 1 measurements
Internet outage in Egypt
5d ago
26% anomaly · 1 measurements
Confirmed: internet outage in Egypt
6d ago
32% anomaly · 5 measurements
Internet outage in Egypt
May 16
30% anomaly · 1 measurements
Internet outage in Egypt
May 15
22% anomaly · 1 measurements
View all 55 incidents →

ISPs in Egypt

Known blocked services

Some news sitesVoIP apps

Recommendations

  • Use Voidly VPN
  • Enable obfuscation
  • Use encrypted messaging

Data

Measurements388,130
Blocked count45,735
Block rate11.8%
Last updated2026-05-23
API endpoint/data/country/EG

Protocol breakdown

380K
Web
4K
Telegram
4K
WhatsApp

Frequently asked questions about censorship in Egypt

Q01

Is the internet censored in Egypt?

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Voidly classifies Egypt as medium (censorship score 12/100, risk tier 2: High). Egypt blocks news sites and restricts VoIP applications. Censorship increases during elections and political events.
Q02

What websites are blocked in Egypt?

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Recent measurements show blocking or interference for: Some news sites, VoIP apps. The block-rate across all measured domains is 11.8% over 388,130 samples. Live per-domain status: https://api.voidly.ai/v1/accessibility/check?domain={domain}&country=EG.
Q03

How does Egypt's censorship compare globally?

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Egypt ranks #16 on the Voidly Global Censorship Index. The current trend is stable — no significant change in block rates.
Q04

What blocking methods are used in Egypt?

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Voidly's pipeline detects DNS poisoning, TCP-RESET, blockpage injection, TLS-RESET / SNI-based blocking, and ASN-level outages. The exact method per domain is in each evidence permalink (https://api.voidly.ai/data/incidents?country=EG). Methodology: https://voidly.ai/methodology.
Q05

How fresh is the data for Egypt?

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Voidly probes Egypt every 5 minutes from 37+ global probe nodes. Upstream OONI, IODA, and CensoredPlanet feeds refresh every 6 hours. The country snapshot was last regenerated 2026-05-23.
Q06

How can I check if a specific website is blocked in Egypt?

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Three options. (1) REST: GET https://api.voidly.ai/v1/accessibility/check?domain=twitter.com&country=EG. (2) MCP: npx @voidly/mcp-server, then call check_domain_blocked with domain="twitter.com" country="EG". (3) CLI: npx @voidly/cli check twitter.com EG. All three return current status, blocking method, and evidence permalinks.
Q07

Can I use a VPN to bypass censorship in Egypt?

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Use Voidly VPN Enable obfuscation Use encrypted messaging The full per-country recommendation list is on this page below.
Q08

How do I cite Voidly's data on Egypt in a paper or article?

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Use the BibTeX or RIS export at https://voidly.ai/cite/EG (also linked from the Citation section below). Permanent incident IDs (e.g., EG-2026-NNNN) are issued for every confirmed event. License: CC BY 4.0 — credit Voidly Research and link back.

Cite this data

Voidly Research. (2026). Egypt Censorship Profile. https://voidly.ai/eg

License: CC BY 4.0 — free to use with attribution.

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