A Casablanca shopkeeper risked losing his premises over six months of unpaid rent. Messages saved on his daughter’s phone ultimately proved that he had attempted to pay and led to the cancellation of his eviction.
Before the mass attempt to enter Ceuta, the social networks did not all play the same role. TikTok attracted potential migrants, Facebook brought the routes together, while WhatsApp turned the desire to leave into a concrete rendezvous.
The American giant is rolling out paid plans globally for its flagship applications. Starting this week, Morocco will be part of a select group of countries testing unprecedented subscriptions specifically targeting content creators and businesses.
The telecommunications landscape in Morocco has reached a decisive milestone in 2025. Users are massively abandoning voice calls and SMS in favor of the Internet and instant messaging, driven by the meteoric rise of 5G.
Three weeks after an ambush of unheard-of violence, Camilia remains deeply traumatized. Harassed for months, she was beaten and burned by a group of eight young people, under the helpless gaze of her mother who denounces the inaction of the institutions.
A fake photo of treasure sent on WhatsApp sealed the fate of a charlatan. Lured into an ambush by his former associates, a fqih was murdered and buried in the excavation he had dug himself, tragically ending a 100,000 dirham scam.
A vast humanitarian aid scam orchestrated by a fraud network via WhatsApp and Telegram was targeting Moroccan expatriates (MRE).
The Casablanca Court of Appeal at the end of June overturned a judgment by the court of first instance ordering an employer to pay compensation to an employee who was dismissed for having transmitted a medical certificate via WhatsApp, rather than by email, the means of communication recommended by the employer.
About ten history students at Aix-Marseille University have been summoned to a disciplinary council for "unabashed racism." They are accused of targeting other students with racist messages in the official WhatsApp group chat of their class, called "L3."
The Court of First Instance in Marrakech has ordered a real estate company to pay 10,000 dirhams to a citizen. The reason: faulty services not in line with promises in a rented tourist villa, with suspicions of tax evasion to boot.
Minors, particularly from Morocco, are being recruited on social networks, notably through groups on Telegram, YouTube, or WhatsApp by criminal networks from Belgium or in Brussels neighborhoods. They are being used as drug dealers.
Following the court decision annulling a report drawn up via WhatsApp, the Royal Gendarmerie has invited regional commands, barracks, centers and patrols to strictly respect the texts in force and to avoid sending any document via messaging applications and social networks.