Egyptian government wants surveillance system to monitor 'destructive ideas' on social networks | Privacy International

The copy of a call for tenders, leaked to the government-tied media outlet El Watan, asked for surveillance companies to submit plans for building an open source intelligence system called the “Social Networks Security Hazard Monitoring system”.

The document specifically asks that the system have the ability to analyse and monitor Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, but says that it would be a plus if the provider could offer support on “more social networks (Instagram, LinkedIn, Google, Viber, Whatsapp...).”