Egyptian Web Crackdown Reaching Unprecedented Levels

Observers say move is part of a wider intensification in Egypt’s crackdown on media and dissenting voices

The alert came in the form of a simple, late-night tweet by a prominent human rights activist. “Looks like we’ve just been blocked in Egypt @MadaMasr,” wrote Egyptian activist Hossam Bahgat, a Mada Masr contributor, on May 24. The tweet was one of the first signs of a brazen new assault on press freedoms in Egypt.…