{{Short description|Arabic media network}} {{Italic title}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Ultrasawt<br/>{{lang|ar|الترا صوت}} | logo = Logo UltraSawt.jpg | logo_size = 140px | type = online | chief_editor = Izzeddin Araj | language = Arabic | website = {{URL|https://www.ultrasawt.com/}} | founded = {{start date and age|2015}} }}
'''Ultrasawt''' ({{langx|ar|الترا صوت}}) is an Arabic media network founded in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-12-29 |title=7 منصات جديدة: تقرير «إضاءات» لمواقع المحتوى العربي 2016 |url=https://www.ida2at.com/electronic-journalism-christmas-still-continues/ |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=إضاءات |language=ar |archive-date=2019-04-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413074814/https://www.ida2at.com/electronic-journalism-christmas-still-continues/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It publishes content in Arabic curated from a pool of journalists and writers from different Arab countries.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}
Ultrasawt published a series of localised sub-sites with a focus on engaging Arab audiences in specific countries, including Palestine,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-28 |title=القدس تدخل في ختام معركة نقل ملكية عقاراتها للاحتلال ومستوطنيه إجراءات لـ "قوننة"السرقة التاريخية |url=https://www.alquds.co.uk/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d8%af%d8%b3-%d8%aa%d8%af%d8%ae%d9%84-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%ae%d8%aa%d8%a7%d9%85-%d9%85%d8%b9%d8%b1%d9%83%d8%a9-%d9%86%d9%82%d9%84-%d9%85%d9%84%d9%83%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%b9%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%b1/ |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=القدس العربي |language=ar |archive-date=2022-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628230048/https://www.alquds.co.uk/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d8%af%d8%b3-%d8%aa%d8%af%d8%ae%d9%84-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%ae%d8%aa%d8%a7%d9%85-%d9%85%d8%b9%d8%b1%d9%83%d8%a9-%d9%86%d9%82%d9%84-%d9%85%d9%84%d9%83%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%b9%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%b1/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Tunisia,<ref>{{Cite web |title=قناة حنبعل تعتذر من موقعي ''الترا صوت تونس'' و ''نواة'' |url=https://www.babnet.net/rttdetail-197922.asp |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=Babnet |archive-date=2022-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629160733/https://www.babnet.net/rttdetail-197922.asp |url-status=live }}</ref> Sudan, Algeria, and Iraq.
==Censorship== The website has been banned in several Arab countries, including Egypt,<ref>{{Cite web |title=قائمة المواقع المحجوبة في مصر |url=https://afteegypt.org/blocked-websites-list-ar |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=مؤسسة حرية الفكر والتعبير |language=ar |archive-date=2022-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427071123/https://afteegypt.org/blocked-websites-list-ar |url-status=live }}</ref> United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and lately in Palestine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-23 |title=Accused of Offending Public Opinion, Palestine Bans Leading Websites |url=https://raseef22.net/article/1075686-accused-of-offending-public-opinion-palestine-bans-leading-websites |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=Raseef22 |archive-date=2022-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527141049/https://raseef22.net/article/1075686-accused-of-offending-public-opinion-palestine-bans-leading-websites |url-status=live }}</ref> The Palestinian authorities blocked the website and 58 other websites, claiming that they publish images and media that "threaten national security and civil peace, disturb public order and morals and inflame Palestinian public opinion". The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) issued a statement condemning blocking the website, and accusing the authorities of "denying Palestinians their right to receive information from a variety of sources".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-25 |title=Palestinian court orders block of dozens of news websites and Facebook pages |url=https://cpj.org/2019/10/palestinian-court-blocks-dozens-of-news-websites-a/ |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=Committee to Protect Journalists |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602120453/https://cpj.org/2019/10/palestinian-court-blocks-dozens-of-news-websites-a/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The move to block the websites was also condemned by Reporters Without Borders.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Palestinian Authority blocks 51 online news sources {{!}} RSF |url=https://rsf.org/en/palestinian-authority-blocks-51-online-news-sources |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=rsf.org |date=23 October 2019 |language=en |archive-date=2022-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527141049/https://rsf.org/en/palestinian-authority-blocks-51-online-news-sources |url-status=live }}</ref>
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Category:Arabic-language websites Category:Palestinian news websites Category:Tunisian news websites Category:Sudanese news websites Category:Algerian news websites Category:Iraqi news websites Category:Technology websites Category:Internet properties established in 2015
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