Haneen Hossam and Mawada Eladhm had been charged with “violating family principles and values and establishing and administering online accounts to commit this crime.”
In July 2020, they were sentenced to two years in prison and fined 300,000 EGPs (about US $ 19,000) each.
Ahram Online, they and three others involved in the case have been acquitted.
Mawada Eladhm, who is about 20 years old, had 3.1 million followers on TikTok and 1.6 million followers on Instagram and gained fame for posting lip and dance sync videos.
Haneen Hossam, a college student in archeology, had 1.2 million followers on TikTok and was arrested a few days after posting a video encouraging women to post live videos and talk to strangers through the small video-sharing platform Like.
He has denied the charges and said his videos have been taken out of context.
Hossam’s lawyer, Mahmmed Sammer, told local media Youm7 that his mother fainted at the news of the acquittal, while Hossam and Eladhm shouted for joy.
Eladhm’s father, Fathy Rashad, told reporters after the court that his daughter had been “devastated by oppression and sadness” and would need psychological treatment, Youm7 reported.
The other three defendants had been accused of helping one of the girls evade arrest, hiding evidence of the crime and publishing materials to influence public opinion on the case. One was also accused of possessing illegal software to facilitate activity on social media.
Reports provided by Mohammed Tawfeeq in Atlanta.