Egypt gov't proposes new media law
According to Al-Masry Al Youm, the Egyptian government is proposing a law that would establish a new national agency to issue broadcast licenses and regulate and censor all forms of broadcast media -- including Facebook and individual blogs.
Many thanks to the blog site Abu Aardvark run by Marc Lynch at George Washington University for bringing this to our attention. Here is the link to the story: http://abuaardvark.typepad.com/abuaardvark/2008/07/egyptian-draft.html