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    Egypt blocks Al Jazeera and other sites for 'supporting terrorism'

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    Mariella Moon
    Mariella Moon
    05.25.2017

    People living in Egypt will have to put their VPNs to work accessing 21 websites the the country has banned. According to state news agency MENA, Egypt has blocked Al Jazeera's main website and 20 other publications and online destinations, accusing them of supporting "terrorism and extremism as well (as) publishing lies." The government will even be taking legal action against them. While local media didn't list all the affected URLs, Reuters sources said the government blocked them, because it believes they're affiliated with Qatar -- Al Jazeera is based in Doha, the country's capital -- or the Muslim Brotherhood.