Slim Amamou (born in 1977) is a Tunisian blogger and the former Secretary of State for Sport and Youth , deputy to the Minister for Youth and Sports. He resigned on the week of May 25, 2011 in protest of the transitional government's block of several websites. A known blogger, he is also Pirate Party

Tunisian Pirate Party

Tunisian Pirate Party is a small political party in Tunisia. It was formed in 2010, becoming one of the first outgrowths of the Pirate Party movement in continental Africa...

 activist.

Biography

Graduated from the University of Sousse

University of Sousse

- History :The University of Sousse was created in 2004 from a division of the University of the Center, which had been created in 1991 from the University of Monastir. The University of the Center had grown rapidly from 45,000 students in 2001-2002 to nearly 60,000 in 2003-2004 in 30 institutions...

, he is an influential blogger

Blog

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 and author of ReadWriteWeb

ReadWriteWeb

ReadWriteWeb is a Web technology blog launched in 2003. RWW covers Web 2.0 and Web technology in general, and provides industry news, reviews, and analysis. Founded by Richard MacManus, Technorati ranked ReadWriteWeb at number 12 in its list of top 100 blogs worldwide, as of October 9, 2010. RWW...

 France. He protested against censorship in Tunisia

Censorship in Tunisia

Censorship in Tunisia has been an issue since the country gained independence in 1956. Though considered relatively mild under President Habib Bourguiba , censorship and other forms of repression have become common under his successor, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali...

 and organized a demonstration on 22 May 2010.

He was arrested during the protests that led to the Jasmine Revolution. After his release, on 17 January 2011 he was appointed Secretary of State for Sport and Youth in the new Tunisian government. On the week of May 25, he resigned from his post in protest of the transitional government's censorship of several websites at the request of the army.

Political positions

He supports the legalisation of cannabis in Tunisia. He is an advocate for network neutrality

Network neutrality

Network neutrality is a principle that advocates no restrictions by Internet service providers or governments on consumers' access to networks that participate in the Internet...

 and opposes internet censorship

Internet censorship

Internet censorship is the control or suppression of the publishing of, or access to information on the Internet. It may be carried out by governments or by private organizations either at the behest of government or on their own initiative...

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External links

• Amamou's blog, NoMemorySpace
• Interview with Amamou broadcast on Radio France Internationale
  Radio France Internationale
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