Social media as a tool for positive change

Social media help users make others aware of all sorts of items on the Internet. Links to video platforms such as YouTube or Dailymotion are quite popular. Of course, both were censored in the Ben-Ali era, not least because rap artists used them to highlight issues such as unemployment, corruption and police brutality. However, freedom remains restricted, as rappers Ahmed Ben Ahmed (known as Klay BBJ), Ala Yaacoub, (known as Weld El 15) well know. All of them were arrested, jailed or sentenced for releasing political rap songs. El Général was jailed during the revolution under Ben Ali, the other two last year.

Today, in the transition to a new political order, people continue to use blogs, online videos and social media to influence politics and draw attention to their causes. They benefit from the fact that an increasing number of people are using the Internet.