Egyptian Radio in the 1930s and Cybersecurity

Egyptian Radio in the 1930s and Cybersecurity

Here is an interesting article that dovetails 1930s radio legislation with the Obama administration’s Cyberspace Policy Review:

“Seventy-five years ago today, on May 29th, 1934, Egyptian private radio stations fell silent, as the government shut them down in favor of a state monopoly on broadcast communication. Egyptian radio ‘hackers’ (as we would style them today) had, over the course of about fifteen years, developed a burgeoning network of unofficial radio stations. They offered listeners an unfiltered, continuous mix of news, gossip, and live entertainment from low-powered transmitters located in private houses and businesses throughout Cairo.”

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