#monitoring online communications
Egyptian authorities have commenced 'unprecedented' monitoring of Egyptians using Facebook, Skype, Twitter, WhatsApp, Viber and more, reported BuzzFeed News. According to BuzzFeed News, Egypt has contracted See Egypt to allow authorities access to private online communications. Despite initially reporting that See Egypt is the sister company of US-based Blue Coat, Blue Coat has denied these claims in a statement. "Blue Coat has not responded, and does not intend to respond, to any tender for a social network monitoring operation in Egypt.…