Egypt Might Be Banning Facebook 4.44K Ryan Tate 01/26/11 02:48PM Filed to: Social Networks Social Networks Egypt Facebook Foreign Affairs Valleywag Tweetv Tweetg Fb After blocking Twitter, Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak's regime now seems to be cracking down on Facebook. When you're trying to violently suppress a mass uprising, after all, any unfettered venue for news and coordination constitutes a threat.