10 Facts About Slim Amamou

Slim Amamou resigned from the role in the week of 25 May 2011 in protest of the transitional government's censorship of several websites.

Slim Amamou is a blogger and author of ReadWriteWeb France.

Slim Amamou protested against censorship in Tunisia and organized a demonstration on 22 May 2010.

Slim Amamou was arrested on 6 January 2011 during the protests that led to the Tunisian Revolution, alongside others including Azyz Amami.

The Anonymous hacktivist group had led attacks on the Tunisian government's websites, and Amamou was held for five days by the state security forces under the suspicion of having collaborated with the hackers.

Slim Amamou was later released, and, following the flight of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, a national unity government was formed.

Slim Amamou was invited to become Secretary of State for Sport and Youth in that government on 17 January 2011.

Slim Amamou received considerable criticism online for joining the transitional government, particularly from fellow bloggers and internet activists.

Slim Amamou later joined a rival party, the Pirate Party of Tunisia, instead.

Slim Amamou is an advocate for network neutrality and opposes internet censorship.