What is Egypt teaching Uganda’s cybercrime officials?

The Egyptian government must have learnt a lot from last year’s Facebook revolution; in fact, they seem to have learnt so much that they now are beginning share tips with other African nations. According to this brief article on the rise of cyber-crime in Uganda published in the East African, Egypt is the place where ...

The Egyptian government must have learnt a lot from last year's Facebook revolution; in fact, they seem to have learnt so much that they now are beginning share tips with other African nations.

The Egyptian government must have learnt a lot from last year’s Facebook revolution; in fact, they seem to have learnt so much that they now are beginning share tips with other African nations.

According to this brief article on the rise of cyber-crime in Uganda published in the East African, Egypt is the place where Uganda’s top cybercrime officials go for intense trainings in "computer-based investigation skills". I am sure there must be a plenty of stuff to investigate about Egypt’s netizens…

Evgeny Morozov is a fellow at the Open Society Institute and sits on the board of OSI's Information Program. He writes the Net Effect blog on ForeignPolicy.com

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