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From "National Party Committees" to "State Committees": A Term's Path and the State's Tools
How the accused party behind "electronic committees" shifted in the Egyptian press, and what the state built in parallel
The term in the press (110 items, 2011–2021)
First reference, in Youm7: pro-Mubarak National Democratic Party committees
During Morsi's year in power the charge moves to the Brotherhood, with Khairat El-Shater its "mastermind"
Pro-government papers openly celebrate state-backed committees, including a group led by Sherif Khairy
Official discourse returns to blaming the Brotherhood, Turkey and Qatar for every opposition hashtag
The state's official tools
Interior Ministry tender for a "social networks security risk monitoring" system
Supreme Cybersecurity Council, with a committee to follow cyberspace and monitor "deviant" opinions
Public Prosecutor's decree 2376 creates an office that opens social media accounts and acts as a "watchtower"
Source: Nermeen El-Sherif and Tarek Anwar, International Journal of Communication (2024); Legal Agenda (2014); Bassant Hassib and James Shires, Journal of Cybersecurity (2021); Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (2020)