Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Bassem Youssef lost 11.7M followers on Twitter after he got suspended from Twitter.
An Egyptian television station has refused to air the latest episode of its star satirist’s comedy series, after his show drew criticism for mocking the current fervour for Egypt’s army.
Private channel CBC stopped the Friday night broadcast of Bassem Youssef’s show minutes before its 10pm airtime. Instead, a broadcaster read out a statement explaining that Youssef’s production team was involved in a dispute with the channel’s board over contractual and content issues.