Egypt: Adopted NCCM/EG-CERT initiative for review and amendment of Egypt’s Child Online Protection Strategy

On 26 September 2022, the Egyptian National Computer Emergency Readiness Team (EG-CERT), in cooperation with the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM), launched an initiative to review and amend Egypt’s Child Online Protection Strategy. A committee, composed of representatives from the concerned authorities in the country, has been formed to develop a national strategy aimed at addressing the evolving online risks to children and improving the effectiveness of protection measures. This modification aims to update the original version of the national strategy published by the NCCM in 2018 and the National Strategy for Child Online Protection issued by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT). It addresses gaps in the previous versions while ensuring compliance with relevant national policies and regulations. The updated strategy will focus on the responsibilities of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block potentially harmful content and will involve cooperation with the Public Prosecutor’s Office to take urgent action in response to online threats.