Egypt Sentences Tourist to 8 Years Jail for Complaining about Vacation Online

ams6110 wrote: post #2

Good lesson in the value of being familiar with the local law when you visit places that don't protect basic rights you may take for granted.

I was going to say something like that, but it seemed too cruel.

Re: Egypt Sentences Tourist to 8 Years Jail for Complaining about Vacation Online

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Post by JeanMarcS » Fri, Jul 27, 2018, 11:10 PM UTC

That doesn’t sound as a good idea for a country with lots of tourists like Egypt to start putting them in jail.

Not a good signal for others.

Re: Egypt Sentences Tourist to 8 Years Jail for Complaining about Vacation Online

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Post by misterprime » Fri, Jul 27, 2018, 11:12 PM UTC

Not sure what to say about this. Proud to be an American I guess. Free speech is a glorious thing.

Re: Egypt Sentences Tourist to 8 Years Jail for Complaining about Vacation Online

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Post by ams6110 » Fri, Jul 27, 2018, 11:13 PM UTC

mirimir wrote: post #4

ams6110 wrote: post #2

Good lesson in the value of being familiar with the local law when you visit places that don't protect basic rights you may take for granted.

I was going to say something like that, but it seemed too cruel.

I'm not saying she deserved it. Sorry if it sounded dismissive.

Re: Egypt Sentences Tourist to 8 Years Jail for Complaining about Vacation Online

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Post by glitcher » Fri, Jul 27, 2018, 11:20 PM UTC

The article mentions that she was partially a victim of the social media algorithms that helped her post go viral. But even if the social media engagement algo's weren't so tuned for spreading outrage (since that is so successful at increasing engagement), I can't help but worry that governments like this may start preemptively searching for these types of content violations regardless of if the message becomes widespread.

Re: Egypt Sentences Tourist to 8 Years Jail for Complaining about Vacation Online

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Post by glitcher » Fri, Jul 27, 2018, 11:25 PM UTC

misterprime wrote: post #6

Not sure what to say about this. Proud to be an American I guess. Free speech is a glorious thing.

You may want to keep an eye on things like this then:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/18/doct...

Hopefully this nonsense gets stopped in the courts.

Re: Egypt Sentences Tourist to 8 Years Jail for Complaining about Vacation Online

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Post by pascalxus » Fri, Jul 27, 2018, 11:43 PM UTC

Lesson learned: Never ever go to Egypt.