Egyptian Parliament’s ICT Committee Targets Digital Safety Bill Completion Within a Month

MP Ahmed Badawi, chairman of the House of Representatives’ Communications and Information Technology Committee, has outlined the committee’s work plan for the new parliamentary session, with digital safety legislation at the top of its agenda.

Badawi said the committee would begin its work by discussing the draft digital safety law. He indicated that work on the bill would be completed within a month.

The committee’s plan calls for a balanced approach to its legislative and oversight responsibilities during the session, alongside its focus on the proposed law.

The announcement did not detail the bill’s provisions or specify a timetable for a vote by the full House. The one-month target concerns completion of work on the draft, rather than a confirmed date for its enactment.