A number of public figures and governments in the Arab world are advocating for the implementation of specific legislation to regulate the content and use of digital media. Specifically, they want to implement a system in which blog or website creators must "declare" that they are creating a blog or website before doing so, and to establish a specific penal system for infractions committed in the virtual world. Underlying these measures is the intention to restrain what are being called "digital freedoms", especially as activists capitalise on the features of cyberactivism to champion their causes of political opposition and change. An article by Rachid Jankari, a journalist specialising in information and communication technologies (ICTs) and a consultant on online journalism and new media. He is also CEO of MIT Media (www.mit-media.com) and blogs at www.jankari.org. This article was written for the Common Ground News Service (CGNews). [more]