Moroccan bloggers stand up for Facebook imitator
Moroccan Bloggers Protest Jailing for Facebook Prank:
Bloggers in Morocco are up in arms about the jailing of Fouad Mourtada. Mourtada is the man who was sentenced to 3 years in prison for making a Facebook profile that imitated Prince Moulay Rachid. As far as I know it wasn’t a parody but rather a tribute to the Prince according to Mourtada himself.
I did indeed create this account on 15 January. It remained online for several days until someone closed it down. There are so many celebrity profiles on Facebook. I never thought that by creating a profile of His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid that I was doing him any harm. Also, I did not send anyone a message from this account. It was just a joke (…) I am not a criminal.
In other artilces Mourtada said he has a great admirtation for the prince.
Moroccan bloggers are standing up for his cause stating that next a blogger could be imprisoned for his or her opinions.
Tags: Facebook, fake, Fouad Mourtada
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