
Cyber Revolt & Censorship - Tunisia
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Students riot in Tunisia over jobs Social networking sites have become a major factor in protests in Tunisia The government has made blocking and disrupting bloggers a top priority The protests have been driven by the high rate of youth unemployment (CNN) -- The protests that have gripped Tunisia in recent weeks are, to say the least, unusual.
Tunisian protests fueled by social media networks
12.01.2011 Par Théo Robin Le web joue un rôle incontournable dans le mouvement de révolte, et d’abord comme relais d’information. « D’habitude, on fait dans les 10 000 visites par jour sur notre site. Aujourd’hui, on est à plus de 80 000 » nous explique Malek Khadhraoui, directeur de publication de la plateforme communautaire Nawaat . « Nous sommes un site de contre-propagande, nous pointons la désinformation dont sont victimes les médias, nous montrons ce que les autres ne peuvent pas montrer ». Peu a peu, le régime semble céder face à ces « journalistes citoyens » qui mettent quotidiennement des preuves de la répression en ligne sur Nawaat. Lors des premiers affrontements entre les forces de l’ordre et les manifestants, le régime ne reconnaissait que trois morts.
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It would seem that Tunisian netizens aren’t the only ones resorting to the Internet to rant and let their situation be known .. or maybe not. Rumours spread like wildfire on the Internet over the previous few minutes after a post, allegedly written by Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs Kamel Morjane, was published on his own blog announcing his resignation . It now turns out that the resignation letter was indeed a hoax, and that the blog has indeed been hacked. After news of the resignation post spread, Twitter users called for caution in accepting the blog’s content for real, particularly after news of a coup in Tunisia early Wednesday morning turned out to be false. In his alleged resignation, Morjane wrote:

