This post was originally published by citizenlab.org.
From 20-23 January, activists and bloggers from across the Arab world gathered in Amman, Jordan for the Fourth Arab Bloggers Meeting. Organised by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and Global Voices, the three-day private event was followed by a public forum with panel discussions, debates, and interviews on 23 January.
متابعة قراءة Citizen Lab: Cyber Stewards at the Fourth Arab Bloggers Meeting in Jordan
Mauritanian netizens are experiencing anger, sadness, and confusion, along with feelings of solidarity, after young Mauritanian blogger Mazid Weld ElSheikh, sent a letter to his father on Facebook in which he pledged to deactivate his Facebook account until his father forgave him for his recent activities on the social network. Earlier this month, a group of religious extremists accused ElSheikh of blasphemy, printed the blogger’s Facebook updates and showed them to his father. In response, his father demanded that ElSheikh shut down all of his social media accounts and stop writing. His mother pleaded with her son to leave his social media accounts. On her own Facebook account, she asked everyone to leave her son alone. متابعة قراءة “Yes, I will leave the online world”
تجتاح صفحات مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي الموريتانية حالة من الغضب والحزن والحيرة والتضامن، وذلك بعد أن قام الشاب مزيد ولد الشيخ بكتابة رسالة إلى أبيه على صفحته على فيسبوك يتحدث فيها عن نيته تعطيل حسابه حتى يرضى عنه والده. وذلك بعد أن قامت مجموعة من “المتدينين” بتكفيره وبطباعة مناشير كتبها على فيسبوك والذهاب بها إلى والده ليقوم والده بعد ذلك بمطالبته بترك كل شبكات التواصل الاجتماعي والكف عن الكتابة. وقامت والدته كذلك بالبكاء له من أجل أن يتركها ونادت، عبر صفحتها، الكل بأن يتركون إبنها وشأنه.
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Jacob Appelbaum is a computer security consultant and developer and advocate for theTor Project, a tool and privacy network which protects internet users’ privacy and security. At the Arab Bloggers Workshop he gave a presentation about circumvention, online security, and anonymity. He is @ioerror on Twitter.