The court of first instance in Marrakech decided on Wednesday to postpone to April 21 the trial of Algerian Brahim Bouhlel and Franco-Moroccan Zbarbooking. The request for conditional release of the two defendants filed by their lawyers was also rejected.
The Court of First Instance in Casablanca handed down its verdict on Thursday, March 25, in the case of Moroccan YouTuber Chafik Omerani, alias "3robi F Merican". The man was sentenced to three months in prison with a fine of 40,000 dirhams.
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.
The famous YouTuber Nada Hassi was attacked in the street by strangers. In a video posted on her YouTube channel, the young woman, with a bloodied face, says that her car was vandalized by the attackers.
In Morocco , a new form of videos, far from those that elicited laughter and enthusiasm from Internet users, are currently circulating on social networks, especially on YouTube channels. These are mostly videos with violent content, filmed by young people avid for thrills, who use violence to show their superiority.
Moroccan women are at the heart of major media campaigns on the basis of defamation and denigration directed against them and led by Egyptian women. On YouTube, they are hunted down and accused of being "man-stealers" and of "loose morals".
Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM) has posted a promotional video on YouTube to promote mobile payment and money transfer operations (Maroc Pay).
A fake video incriminated has been circulating on instant messaging applications, prompting elements of the Casablanca Casablanca police prefecture to arrest, on Tuesday evening, three individuals for their direct involvement in the editing and publication of the images.
The publication of a series of "my daily routine" videos on YouTube is provoking strong reactions. Many Internet users consider their content "violent" and above all very "vulgar".
In Morocco, around twenty former prisoners have discovered a passion for audiovisual media and are amassing subscribers and views with each video they post. They recount life in prison, battles between inmates, mistreatment, prison overcrowding, and much more information that millions of internet users are eager to click on.
The owner of the YouTube channel "Bila Houdoud" has been placed in pre-trial detention in a defamation case. His trial is scheduled for February 2.
Amir Peretz, the Israeli Minister of Economy born in Bejaâd, addressed a message of peace (in darija) to Morocco and the Moroccan people after the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two countries.