60 people, including minors, were arrested between September 9 and 11 in the cities of Tangier and Tetouan for their alleged involvement in spreading fake news on social media and inciting mass irregular migration. The National Security's IT monitoring services have identified digital content published on social media openly inciting the storming of the security barrier between the cities of Fnideq and Sebta on September 15, 2024, and calling on internet users to engage in collective migration, a security source said. Technical investigations and field research have identified 13 people involved in the dissemination and sharing of this digital content, based on data provided by the services of the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST). These individuals were arrested by the judicial police of Tetouan during security operations carried out in the cities of Casablanca, Tetouan, Larache, Ouezzane, Rabat, Missour, Oujda, Fez, Mohammedia, and Ouislane, it is noted. The same source specifies that a similar security operation carried out in the city of Tangier led to the arrest of 47 suspects, immediately after their arrival at the train and bus stations, while they were trying to respond to digital content inciting the organization of a collective migration operation. The individuals concerned were subjected to the procedures of the judicial investigation, while research continues to identify and arrest the instigators and people directly involved in the production and dissemination of this content.
