Comments on: Fouad Mourtada: The Facebook prisoner http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/03/05/fouad-mourtada-the-facebook-prisoner/ Thinking Ahead Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:46:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kawthar (Sudan) http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/03/05/fouad-mourtada-the-facebook-prisoner/#comment-17878 Kawthar (Sudan) Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:39:25 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/03/05/fouad-mourtada-the-facebook-prisoner/#comment-17878 No official confirmation yet, but according to Sami Ben Ghariba he has been given a <a href="http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/03/19/morocco-fouad-mourtada-free/" rel="nofollow">full royal pardon</a> No official confirmation yet, but according to Sami Ben Ghariba he has been given a full royal pardon

]]> By: Kawthar (UAE) http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/03/05/fouad-mourtada-the-facebook-prisoner/#comment-17877 Kawthar (UAE) Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:54:11 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/03/05/fouad-mourtada-the-facebook-prisoner/#comment-17877 <blockquote>If everyone is so conerned about these kinds of issues on the net, why not just take down these websites?</blockquote> That would fall under the banner of censorship

If everyone is so conerned about these kinds of issues on the net, why not just take down these websites?

That would fall under the banner of censorship

]]> By: Emily and Victoria http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/03/05/fouad-mourtada-the-facebook-prisoner/#comment-17876 Emily and Victoria Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:19:14 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/03/05/fouad-mourtada-the-facebook-prisoner/#comment-17876 This 21 year old did a form of a crime by making this fake facebook. He says he did it only as a joke but it turned out to be more than just a joke. He ended up getting three years in jail. He is 21 years old (an adult) so he knows not to do these sort of things, it is wrong and can get people in trouble and in his case he did get in trouble. In some ways people may think of him as committing identity theft. The Morracan government charged him for this crime by putting him in jail, it would be nice if there was some system in place for these sort of crimes when no actual harm is done, such as money being stolen. Fouad Mourtada did a very wrong thing and deserves a punishment but maybe not as harsh of a punishment. This 21 year old did a form of a crime by making this fake facebook. He says he did it only as a joke but it turned out to be more than just a joke. He ended up getting three years in jail. He is 21 years old (an adult) so he knows not to do these sort of things, it is wrong and can get people in trouble and in his case he did get in trouble. In some ways people may think of him as committing identity theft. The Morracan government charged him for this crime by putting him in jail, it would be nice if there was some system in place for these sort of crimes when no actual harm is done, such as money being stolen. Fouad Mourtada did a very wrong thing and deserves a punishment but maybe not as harsh of a punishment.

]]> By: King Parag http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/03/05/fouad-mourtada-the-facebook-prisoner/#comment-17875 King Parag Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:11:06 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/03/05/fouad-mourtada-the-facebook-prisoner/#comment-17875 Mourtada was careless and rash in his decsion to pose as a prince of Morocco, but he should not have to be imprisoned for three years. A fine I can understand, for breeching the terms of use of Facebook. But to ruin a man's life for over a joke seems harsh. In America someone would not go to jail for impersonating George Bush, however the rules may be harsher in Morocco. I don't completely understand what harm one profile claiming to be a prince could do. What is he really getting punished for? Do many of the world's leaders surf Facebook and look for the others' profiles? Do they judge them based on what their favorite movies and songs are? In America there are such profiles as these, where people set up accounts claiming to be famous bands or celebrities. The only effect this has is for some to have an addition to their friend list. However, I do comend Facebook for keeping their standards and refusing to release information about Mourtada. They may have taken international scrutiny, but they did not betray the trust of their users. Being someone who has personal information on a worlwide blog space like Facebook, I know I wouldn't want my information being handed out left and right. Now if there was a major crime being investigated and authorites had a good enough reason to search these profiles then I would agree with the Moroccan government. Mourtada was careless and rash in his decsion to pose as a prince of Morocco, but he should not have to be imprisoned for three years. A fine I can understand, for breeching the terms of use of Facebook. But to ruin a man’s life for over a joke seems harsh. In America someone would not go to jail for impersonating George Bush, however the rules may be harsher in Morocco. I don’t completely understand what harm one profile claiming to be a prince could do. What is he really getting punished for? Do many of the world’s leaders surf Facebook and look for the others’ profiles? Do they judge them based on what their favorite movies and songs are?
In America there are such profiles as these, where people set up accounts claiming to be famous bands or celebrities. The only effect this has is for some to have an addition to their friend list. However, I do comend Facebook for keeping their standards and refusing to release information about Mourtada. They may have taken international scrutiny, but they did not betray the trust of their users. Being someone who has personal information on a worlwide blog space like Facebook, I know I wouldn’t want my information being handed out left and right. Now if there was a major crime being investigated and authorites had a good enough reason to search these profiles then I would agree with the Moroccan government.

]]> By: Amanda and Kelsie http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/03/05/fouad-mourtada-the-facebook-prisoner/#comment-17874 Amanda and Kelsie Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:09:56 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/03/05/fouad-mourtada-the-facebook-prisoner/#comment-17874 Basically , it was a case of identity theft. I know that it's a serious offense, but why take it to the extreme like that? It's not the first time that someone has impersonated someone online. And with social network websites like that out there, it's not that suprising. Many other people have taken the opportunity to create a whole nother persona online, creating almost an "avatar" of themself and change everything about themselves. Its wrong that the goverment had looked Fouad up and tracked him down, when all he did was impersonate the prince. There's no way they can press charges against him, when hundreds of people pretend to be people everyday. If they want to charge him for anything, they would have to charge and arrest all the other people that do the same thing online. That itself would be massive chaos trying to hunt down EVERY single person that has a facebook profile. Or they could at least make the charges less serious. Its not like hes trying to corrupt the goverment and take charge, he just was posting his veiws. If everyone is so conerned about these kinds of issues on the net, why not just take down these websites? Then this problem wouldn't be as serious as it is. Basically , it was a case of identity theft. I know that it’s a serious offense, but why take it to the extreme like that? It’s not the first time that someone has impersonated someone online. And with social network websites like that out there, it’s not that suprising. Many other people have taken the opportunity to create a whole nother persona online, creating almost an “avatar” of themself and change everything about themselves. Its wrong that the goverment had looked Fouad up and tracked him down, when all he did was impersonate the prince.
There’s no way they can press charges against him, when hundreds of people pretend to be people everyday. If they want to charge him for anything, they would have to charge and arrest all the other people that do the same thing online. That itself would be massive chaos trying to hunt down EVERY single person that has a facebook profile. Or they could at least make the charges less serious. Its not like hes trying to corrupt the goverment and take charge, he just was posting his veiws. If everyone is so conerned about these kinds of issues on the net, why not just take down these websites? Then this problem wouldn’t be as serious as it is.

]]> By: Islamify.com http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/03/05/fouad-mourtada-the-facebook-prisoner/#comment-17873 Islamify.com Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:48:59 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/03/05/fouad-mourtada-the-facebook-prisoner/#comment-17873 <strong>Fouad Mourtada: The Facebook prisoner (w/ Video)...</strong> Fouad Mourtada was arrested and sentenced to 3 years in jail for making a fake facebook profile of Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco...... Fouad Mourtada: The Facebook prisoner (w/ Video)…

Fouad Mourtada was arrested and sentenced to 3 years in jail for making a fake facebook profile of Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco……

]]> By: Elinor (Iran) http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/03/05/fouad-mourtada-the-facebook-prisoner/#comment-17872 Elinor (Iran) Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:14:30 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/03/05/fouad-mourtada-the-facebook-prisoner/#comment-17872 He looks very young.. I thought only in iran they would arrest a blogger, I am trying to view the video, from where I am, I can see it like a slide show, a very slow slide show and s bit of its music every time the slide changes. But even that is very effective, ty for posting, it is encouraging to see people demonstrating for his rights. Its been a long time we haven't had much demonstrations for our rights, some students have, but that is in their universities or some activists in front of the UN, any kind of demonstration is harshly handled, unless the government calls for that, and that is sure to boost their outlined wants. SOme time back, a few girls were arrested in a park in Tehran collecting signitures for the onemillionvoice movement. He looks very young..
I thought only in iran they would arrest a blogger, I am trying to view the video, from where I am, I can see it like a slide show, a very slow slide show and s bit of its music every time the slide changes. But even that is very effective, ty for posting, it is encouraging to see people demonstrating for his rights. Its been a long time we haven’t had much demonstrations for our rights, some students have, but that is in their universities or some activists in front of the UN, any kind of demonstration is harshly handled, unless the government calls for that, and that is sure to boost their outlined wants. SOme time back, a few girls were arrested in a park in Tehran collecting signitures for the onemillionvoice movement.

]]> By: Stories for Thursday 6 March « World Have Your Say http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/03/05/fouad-mourtada-the-facebook-prisoner/#comment-17871 Stories for Thursday 6 March « World Have Your Say Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:04:38 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/03/05/fouad-mourtada-the-facebook-prisoner/#comment-17871 [...] Hisham wants to talk about “Fouad Mourtada, the Moroccan engineer who got kidnapped then tortured and eventually sentenced to three years in [...] [...] Hisham wants to talk about “Fouad Mourtada, the Moroccan engineer who got kidnapped then tortured and eventually sentenced to three years in [...]

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