Egypt too arrested Ahmed Mohsin before that and attempted to tarnish the reputation of blogger Wael Abbas. It also routinely summons bloggers to the criminal investigations headquarters or kidnaps them from their home to threaten them to stop this monster which is exposing them day and night - blogging and online activism on free hosting services such as YouTube and Facebook. In addition some regimes like in Syria and Tunisia ban the websites of activists and deny their people the use of search engines, in their bid to decrease their access to information and lessen the chances of having it republished.