| Slim Amamou Protagoniste1 #89325 After having been arrested and jailed during the revolt, Slim Amamou, a Tunisian blogger, was offered (and accepted) to join the interim government as secretary of state for youth and sport. |
Amamou is a well-known digital activist in Tunisia; his Twitter account outlines in brief his positions: "Against censorship, against IPR, for net neutrality." He's a member of the Pirate Party of Tunisia and head of a small software company called Alixsys that develops Web apps for pharmaceutical companies and online startups. Images of Slim Amamou, a Tunisian blogger, before and after his recent arrest. [Apparently, people have to change look to become secretary of state... (or when being arrested).] If my work interferes with my freedom of expression, I quit […] Most Tunisians are on Facebook. They have to initiate calls to demonstrate, to protest […] Without the net, people would not have been informed, would not have mobilized and could not bring down the government   |