Social media content shared and viewed by Maghrebi youngsters encourage irregular migration, a study reveals. Researchers from the Institute for Security Studies believe that posts romanticizing Europe as a destination for migrants must be censored.
According to Hootsuite’s new report on social media, 17 million Moroccans use social media platforms. They spend an average time of 2 hours and 33 minutes a day on social media.
The families of Louise and Maren, the two Scandinavian tourists who were killed in a terror attack in Imlil, have urged internet users to stop sharing a graphic video that depicts the murdering of a woman. The clip is currently being investigated by the Moroccan and Danish authorities.
Moroccans are paying tribute on social media to the two Scandinavian mountaineers who were found dead near Imlil with cuts to their necks. A sit-in will be held Saturday in Rabat near the Norwegian and Danish embassies to denounce the awful acts.
Moroccan women have taken their anger to social media to denounce sexual harassment. Creating their own hashtag, these women shared their experiences, and stories with harassers through Twitter and Facebook. For experts the campaign is a positive one that is slowly contributing to change.