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Facebook Removes Moroccan Secularist Group and its Founder
Note: The group has once again become accessible after several days, as pointed out in the comments. El Ghazzali created a new profile for himself, and was able to do so without incident. Facebook did...
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Censorship Without Borders: A Moroccan Blogger's Experience
Naoufel Chaara is a talented Moroccan blogger. His website [Ar] has been recently nominated for the Deutsche Welle's 2010 BOBs international award in the Best Arabic Blog category. Naoufel's usually...
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Facebook Deactivations
This post originally appeared on Jillian C. York's blog. Over the course of the past week, I've gotten reports from a number of people whose personal Facebook pages have been removed or deleted from...
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Morocco: Formerly Jailed Blogger Bashir Hazzam Tells His Story
Tarhjicht is a small town in southern Morocco, some 200 kilometers south of the city of Agadir. It's a picturesque village on the edge of the Sahara desert whose serenity is punctuated by five ritual...
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Morocco: Blogger Receives Death Threats
Kacem is a Moroccan blogger and activist whose website, Bahmout, displays a banner that reads: “I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll fight for your right to say it,” quoting French...
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Microsoft Compromises Users' Privacy: No HTTPS in Arab Countries, Iran
With the ongoing protestes and violent crackdown from governments in the Middle East, compromising online security could have dire repercussions on the wellbeing of internet users in the region. Email...
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Morocco: Militant Website Sustains DDoS Attack
The Moroccan militant website Mamfakinch! has come under a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on Sunday 31 July, 2011, which blocked the access to its main platform for several hours. The...
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2011: A Year of Triumphs and Struggle for Bloggers in the Middle East and...
This article is was originally posted on Global Voices Online With all of the social media successes throughout the Middle East and North Africa in 2011, it would be all too easy to overlook the...
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Morocco: Busted for Posting Caricatures of the King on Facebook
On February 7, 2012, Walid Bahomane appeared before a court in the Moroccan capital Rabat. The 18-year-old is accused of “defaming Morocco's sacred values” by posting pictures and videos on Facebook...
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This article was also published on Global Voices Online. On Monday, a court in the Moroccan city of Taza sentenced 24 year-old student Abdelsamad Haydour to 3 years in jail and a fine of USD 1,200 for...
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