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Five thousand followers turn an account into a publishing outlet subject to the Supreme Council
Article 19 of Press and Media Regulation Law No. 180 of 2018
"Article 19 extends the prohibitions ... to every account or blog whose followers exceed five thousand, and allows the Council to suspend or block it by its own decision."
5,000followers
The threshold Article 19 sets for every account or blog; anything above it falls under the authority of the Supreme Council for Media Regulation.
Up to 5,000
More than 5,000: subject to the Council
▲ 5,000
Step 1The account's or blog's followers exceed 5,000
Step 2The law's prohibitions extend to it
Step 3The Council may suspend or block it by its own decision
The 5,000-follower threshold places thousands of individual accounts under blocking authority.
Sources: Egyptian Human Rights Forum, 'Programming Silence' report; Article 19 of Law No. 180 of 2018