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authorities have arrested three users for making satiricalÌývideos criticising the country’s ,ÌýEgyptian news outletÌýAl Manassa °ù±ð±è´Ç°ù³Ù±ð»åÌý°Õ³ó³Ü°ù²õ»å²¹²â.

The content creators were detained in the southern city of Asyut and brought before Cairo’s State Security Prosecution, according to the report.

They reportedly face charges of spreading fake news, and theÌýprosecution has since ordered their pretrial detention.

The Ìýusers, who appear to be a group of young to middle-aged men, have garneredÌýmillions of likes onÌývideos they have posted to the app. Their most-viewed TikTok has accumulated almostÌý11 million likes alone.

In one of theirÌýmost-watched clips, the group parodies the song Hobbak Nar (Your Love is Fire) by legendary singer Abdel Halim Hafez. The group modified the song's lyrics toÌýmatch their dissatisfaction withÌýthe surge in food costs, and named their parodyÌý"The Prices".

Food and fuel prices in Egypt have as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.

Both Russia and Ukraine are major suppliers of wheat, vegetable oilÌýand other staplesÌýto the Middle East and North Africa region, but the war has disrupted the flow of exports.

Egypt set a fixed price for bread at the end of MarchÌýafter bread prices rose by as much as one quarter since the invasion.

Egypt has beenÌýcracking down on influentialÌýTikTokÌýusers, .

TikToker Haneen Hossam was Ìýafter making a videoÌýtelling women and girls that they can make money by working with her on social media.

Initially given a decade in prison, her sentence was reduced last week to three years.