Embassy aflutter at Mursi twitter Popular Egyptian television satirist Bassem Youssef, who has come to be known as Egypt's Jon Stewart, faces accusations of insulting Islam and the country's Islamist leader. The US embassy in Cairo is reviewing its social media policy after briefly shutting down its Twitter account, following Egyptian complaints about a post regarding criticism by American comedian Jon Stewart of President Mohammed Mursi. When the @USEmbassyCairo Twitter feed reappeared it was without an item about a segment on Stewart's Daily Show broadcast that took Dr Mursi to task for the arrest of Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef, who had mocked the President's headgear and facility with the English language. Making fun of hats and the President's English? Stewart said on his program. Photographs of Stewart and former US president George W. Bush, both in cowboy hats, appeared on screen. That's all I did for eight years. The embassy's Twitter post disturbed sensitivities in Egypt as the country resumed talks with the International Monetary Fund for a $US4.8 billion ($4.6 billion) loan. Stewart's charge that Dr Mursi was stifling free speech echoed concerns expressed by US Secretary of State John Kerry and other administration officials about speech restrictions, arrests and treatment of minorities in Egypt. "The embassy is now reviewing its procedures," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said on Wednesday about the Cairo embassy's Twitter account. Individual embassies and consulates are responsible for their own Twitter feeds "and they are expected to use good policy judgment in doing that," she said. Youssef, who is known as Egypt's Jon Stewart, has been released on bail. Dr Mursi's presidential office said on its Facebook page on Wednesday that "all citizens are free to express themselves without the restrictions that prevailed" under long-time leader Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted in the 2011 uprising. Ms Nuland said on Monday that Youssef's arrest and questioning on charges of insulting Islam and Dr Mursi, along with warrants issued for political activists, "is evidence of a disturbing trend of growing restrictions on the freedom of expression." Mr Kerry, who travelled to Cairo last month to encourage Dr Mursi to take steps to revive the economy, said the Obama administration had "real concerns about the direction that Egypt appears to be moving in."