Internet censorship in Egypt
Egypt (EG) · · Atom
6
Censorship Score
Level
freeRisk Tier
T2HighTrend
− stableGlobal Rank
#22Incidents
—Overview
Egypt blocks news sites and restricts VoIP applications. Censorship increases during elections and political events.
Evidence provenance
No evidence records attached to this country yet. Once probes or upstream alerts fire, attribution appears here.
7-Day Risk Forecast
Predictive AIMachine 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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ML Intelligence
Atlas models · 2026-05-21Composite signals from Voidly Atlas's ML model suite — censorship intensity, contagion follow-risk, expected shutdown duration and behavioral peers. Model changelog →
Expected shutdown duration
~5days
If a critical shutdown occurs · IQR ±2d
Try-first circumvention tool
Generic commercial VPN bootstrap · commercial-vpn-aggregate · 19% probe success (mostly-blocked)
Recent Incidents
No incidents recorded for Egypt.
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 updated2026-08-13
API endpoint
/data/country/EGProtocol breakdown
380K
Web
4K
Telegram
4K
WhatsApp
Frequently asked questions about censorship in Egypt
Q01Is the internet censored in Egypt?
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Voidly classifies Egypt as free (censorship score 6/100, risk tier 2: High). Egypt blocks news sites and restricts VoIP applications. Censorship increases during elections and political events.
Q02What 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.
Q03How does Egypt's censorship compare globally?
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Egypt ranks #22 on the Voidly Global Censorship Index. The current trend is stable — no significant change in block rates.
Q04What 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.
Q05How 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 2026-08-13.
Q06How 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.
Q07Can 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.
Q08How 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.