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Egypt detains entire newsroom of leading fact-checking platform over 'fake news' allegations

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Egyptian authorities have detained the entire newsroom of one of the country’s only independent media outlets in a move that rights groups have denounced as a “first” and an “alarming escalation” on free speech.

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