We now have a Supreme Council for the Administration of the Media after President Abdel Fattah El Sisi signed into law yesterday an act of parliament creating it. The council will regulate both public and private media, with Reuters explaining that according to the Official Gazette, “The new council is tasked with suing media organisations that violate its regulations, creating a list of penalties, fining media organisations that break licence terms, and can revoke or suspend the right to publish or broadcast. It will also ensure fair competition between media groups as well as their independence and neutrality, adherence to journalistic ethics, and will make sure they do not compromise national security.”