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Update on the Youtube-ban

May 27th, 2007Youssef (Morocco)

Hi everybody,

The reaction from the Moroccan blogosphere is growing slowly.
More and more bloggers are posting about the ban

In the meantime I started a petition here
And you can also Digg the story here

The Moroccan government is usually very sensitive to media-attention. They are often very afraid that their image of a moderate, safe and open muslim country will be damaged.
Not realizing that they damage that image themselves.
So please sign and digg away because that is the only way to make them realize that what they did is wrong.

If you want to stay updated on everything you can visit this new blog
At the moment there are 3 posts about what exactly happened, who is blogging about what and how you can help.
But I will post more content.

This story is now also covered by Mashable, one of the biggest blogs on the web.

Activism, Freedom of Speech, Morocco
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11 Responses to “Update on the Youtube-ban”

  1. #1 Esra'a - May 27th, 2007 at 5:43 pm

    Signed!

    Time to spread the word now.

  2. #2 Youssef (Morocco) - May 27th, 2007 at 5:46 pm

    Thank you!

    I emailed AP, Reuters, BBC and Aljazeera.
    Your media-students site is so helpful hehe :D

    I am now translating everything into Dutch and contacting different Belgian and Dutch newsagencies.
    When I’m done with that I’ll contact German ones (my german is quite Ok i think)

  3. #3 Esra'a - May 27th, 2007 at 5:49 pm

    THAT IS THE SPIRIT!!!

    I will now send this via our campaign mailing lists.

    I will also inform avaaz.org

  4. #4 Youssef (Morocco) - May 27th, 2007 at 5:56 pm

    Oh wow thank you soooooo much!!!

    No seriously, thank you!!!!!!

  5. #5 Esra'a - May 27th, 2007 at 6:33 pm

    Like we say in Arabic “la shikr 3ala wajib!”

    Let me know of anything you need.

  6. #6 Youssef (Morocco) - May 27th, 2007 at 6:47 pm

    The Moroccan blogosphere rocks!
    Seriously, I always regarded most of the french-language blogs as a bit sleepy.

    But they already have special sites for this now.
    And they’re blogging and forumming like 16 year olds on speed!
    http://www.CensureInternetAuMaroc.Com
    http://www.courriercasablanca.com/sciences/le-maroc-censure-youtube.html

    And the forum on Casafree is buzzing with initiatives!
    I love them!!!!

    I’m looking for software now that can record conversations. I’m planning to call Vivendi Universal tuesday (monday is a holiday) for an official statement and i want to tape it

  7. #7 Esra'a - May 27th, 2007 at 6:50 pm

    This is some excellent stuff here! All of you guys are on a roll. Hopefully this will fully succeed.

  8. #8 Youssef (Morocco) - May 27th, 2007 at 6:56 pm

    For the francophones

    The story is now also submitted to the French Digg-version
    http://www.scoopeo.com/actu/le-maroc-censure-youtube

  9. #9 You Tube ban in Morocco at Ijtema - May 27th, 2007 at 10:35 pm

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  10. #10 C L O S E R » The struggle over the public spaces of internet: Maroc Telecom - May 29th, 2007 at 10:20 am

    [...] on Global Voices (by Sami Ben Gharbia - a Dutch Tunesian blogger). You can also stay updated at MidEast Youth and Mashable.com. You can find the petition here. The considerable attention and actions of all [...]

  11. #11 Chris - February 26th, 2008 at 3:58 pm

    I’m totally pissed about this!!!!!!!!!!!!

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