 A new anti-terror law was enacted in August 2015 that threatens members of the media with fines ranging from about US$25,000 to $60,000 for the distribution of wrong information on acts of terror inside the country "that differ from official declarations of the Egyptian Department of Defense".Some critics of the government have been arrested for allegedly spreading false information about the COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt.The military is influential in the political and economic life of Egypt and exempts itself from laws that apply to other sectors.