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• Study: One-Third of Moroccan Women Face Online Sexual Harassment
  16 April 2024, by Prince

  In Morocco, one woman in three is a victim of sexual harassment on social networks, compared to 4.3% for men, reveals a recent study on the use of social networks, conducted by the Moroccan Center for Citizenship.
  In detail, 32.7% of respondents say they have been victims of insults and defamation on social networks, 27.5% of hate speech because of their personal opinions, 19.7% of hacking of their personal accounts, 10.5% of cyberbullying, 9.1% of blackmail, 8.0% of sexual harassment and (…)

• Report: 90% of Moroccan Internet Users Access Web via Mobile Devices
  4 March 2021, by Prince

  According to the new Digital 2021 report published by We Are Social and Hootsuite, about 90% of Moroccans use a mobile device to access the Internet and especially social networks.
  This report indicates that 74.4% of the Moroccan population have access to the Internet (27.62 million Internet users), an increase of 9.1% compared to last year. As of the end of January, 59.3% of the population (about 22 million users) had regular activity on social networks, an increase of 12.8% compared to (…)

• Snapchat Demands Moroccan Cafe Remove Lookalike Branding
  11 June 2019, by Amine

  The global giant Snapchat, apparently angry, has just ordered the owner of a shisha cafe in Martil to remove its trade name and colors from its walls.
  The photo of the problematic work pointed out by the Snapchat application is totally hilarious. We can read "Snap Chat food". The word "food" being written lower down. And a notable space between "Snap" and "Chat" should also be noted. According to Rue20, Snapchat would have demanded that this, although it is pretty and innocent, be (…)

• Nabilla Sparks Controversy with Reaction to Teen’s Anti-Islam Comments
  26 October 2020, by Ginette

  Nabilla’s outburst on the Mila affair was analyzed by Patrick Cohen on the show "C à vous". While condemning the young woman’s remarks, the journalist had returned to Nabilla’s tweet which, according to him, was disproportionate.
  Mila had made virulent remarks against Islam on social media. Remarks that sparked a flurry of reactions on the web, on television and even in political circles. Patrick Cohen condemned the criticism directed at Mila on television, but also Nabilla’s reaction, (…)

• Moroccan Singer Dounia Batma Performs at Local Weddings Amid Travel Ban and Pending Trial
  12 January 2020, by Sylvanus

  The singer Dounia Batma, prohibited from leaving the national territory as part of the "Hamza mon bb" case, is visibly forced to host wedding parties. Performances she had refused until now.
  Accustomed to hosting private parties in the Gulf countries, Dounia Batma is reduced to performances at wedding parties in Morocco. Since the new year, the singer’s concerts in these countries have been canceled.
  On her Instagram account, Dounia Batma posted a video of one of her performances at a (…)

• Viral Video Sparks Outrage: Child’s Reaction to Black Doll Ignites Racism Debate
  29 December 2019, by Sylvanus

  As she was opening her Christmas gift, an American girl discovered, frightened, a small black doll. The publication of the video of this scene has aroused the indignation of Internet users.
  In this video posted on Snapchat, the girl’s mother says in a hilarious tone: "it’s a very cute doll". The reactions of the child and her mother quickly inflamed the web, reports 7sur7.
  "It was clearly meant to be a joke, which is even worse than the scene itself," wrote a woman on Twitter. For (…)

• Emirati Police Intensify Search for Moroccan Stylist in "Hamza mon bb" Social Media Scandal
  18 January 2020, by Sylvanus

  Contrary to the information published by some electronic media, Aïcha Ayach, the alleged main sponsor of the "Hamza mon bb" accounts on Instagram and Snapchat, is still on the run. The Emirati police are moving heaven and earth to arrest her.
  The young stylist, Aïcha Ayach, is still being sought by the Emirati security services, reports Le360. Earlier this week, she had been the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by the Moroccan authorities. The thirty-year-old is actively (…)

• Moroccan Stylist Extradited in High-Profile Social Media Scandal
  19 February 2020, by Sylvanus

  The arrest of Aïcha Ayach, the alleged main sponsor of the "Hamza mon bb" accounts on Instagram and Snapchat, took place on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, in the United Arab Emirates. The fashion stylist was the subject of an international arrest warrant.
  After her arrest, Aïcha Ayach was extradited to Morocco. This, thanks to a judicial cooperation agreement between the kingdom and the United Arab Emirates, signed in April 2016, indicates TelQuel.
  The thirty-year-old woman would be (…)

• Fashion Designer Denies Involvement in "Hamza mon bb" Social Media Scandal
  27 February 2020, by Sylvanus

  Fashion designer Aicha Ayach, the alleged mastermind behind the "Hamza mon bb" accounts on Instagram and Snapchat, created a big surprise during her interrogation at the headquarters of the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) in Casablanca, on Tuesday, February 25.
  Aicha Ayach denied any connection with the "Hamza mon bb" accounts during her interrogation, reports Barlamane. In addition to the elements of the judicial police, she also had Siham Badda alias Sultana, a stylist (…)

• Snapchat Refutes Claims of Racial Bias on Platform, Defends Account Deletion Policies
  7 April 2020, by Sylvanus

  "All these allegations are false. Snapchat is an open platform for everyone, without any form of discrimination, and we are committed to creating a product that reflects the full diversity of our users’ cultures," defends the social network in a statement.
  Snapchat assures that the information disseminated by certain influencers, in this case BabyDriver, is false and erroneous. "A group of individuals deliberately shared erroneous information after the deletion of their accounts for (…)