It's not clear to me why Signal was blocked, though. Other governments have blocked messaging and chat applications before, but not for the reasons you'd think.

It's not clear to me why Signal was blocked, though. Other governments have blocked messaging and chat applications before, but not for the reasons you'd think. For example, UAE blocks access to voice and video chat applications to protect the commercial interests of the telecoms companies who offer similar services. I'd be curious to know if other messaging applications were blocked in Egypt too, and why. http://www.thenational.ae/uae/uae-telecoms-companies-told-to-free-up-internet-calling http://www.thenational.ae/uae/uae-telecoms-companies-told-to...