In a blow to free speech, the Maroc Telecom has blocked yet another internet service. The news flashed around the blogoma and was soon picked up by the giant site Global Voices, where Sami ben Gharbia had this to say.
May 25, 2007, it has been reported by numerous Moroccan blogger that Morocco has blocked access to YouTube video sharing website. There have been many ongoing speculations that the ban followed the broadcasting of material critical of the country’s king and pro-Western Sahara. This is the third major sites blocked by the Moroccan filtering regime after Google Earth and Livejournal.While we fully understand the sensitive security and political issues, we do not believe that this is the way for a country to move forward. Morocco has made some very positive steps towards a more open society in recent times and it is not the time to turn the clock back. Also, given the nature of the internet, each and every ban can be circumvented by any reasonably clever teenager.
Another Moroccan point of view: Yousef in Morocco
Tags: Moroccan Morocco Fes, Maghreb news
1 comment:
The three sites have not been blocked by Maroc Telecom's rivals Wana and Meditel.
Currently Meditel do not provide internet in Fes but when they do a certain little tortoise is going to make a change.
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