Heba Press/. Rabat
The General Directorate of National Security announced that the interactive digital platform “Inform”, intended for the immediate reporting of illegal digital content on the Internet, has processed, during the first three months since its launch at the beginning of June this year , a total of 7,083 notifications regarding various criminal cases.
A report from the General Directorate of National Security explains that the “Information” platform “processed, during the first three months since its launch at the beginning of June this year, a total of 7,083 notifications concerning various criminal cases, represented by various crimes. linked to modern technologies, the incitement and praise of terrorist acts, and the violation of human rights. And the freedoms of minor children, and the threat of endangering the physical safety of people, and fraud and extortion.
In a qualitative analysis of the notifications received by the “Ibalagh” platform, indicates the same source, the National Security Technical Brigade processed a total of 6,788 notifications concerning cases of crime linked to modern technologies, 60 percent of these notifications linked to fraud and digital fraud. and 20 percent in cases of sexual blackmail, ten percent in cases of insults and defamation, five percent in cases of violence and threats of violence, and five percent in cases falling under the category of other digital content linked to incitement to commit crimes. against people, trafficking in prohibited material via the Internet and sexual exploitation.
The communication continues that, from a procedural point of view, the technical teams supervising the “Itelij” platform began the technical expertise and necessary diagnostics on the notifications received, before transmitting them to the territorially competent judicial police services, to the purposes of informing the public. Prosecution and opening of necessary judicial information in view of its instructions.
The same source indicated that these searches carried out under the supervision of different public ministries made it possible to identify 82 people suspected of being involved in cases involving elements constituting crimes and offenses punishable by law, among which 23 people were brought to justice. while memos were published and distributed. A nationwide search identified nine suspects, while investigations are still ongoing into the other suspects involved in these criminal acts.
As for the aspect related to issues of terrorism and extremism, according to the report, the “Information” platform received, during the same period, a total of 295 notifications on issues of praise and incitement to commit terrorist acts, including 85 information notifications. activities related to praising the terrorist activity of the “ISIS” organization. These are notifications which have been treated with the required seriousness by opening the necessary research on them.
Among other statistical data that indicate the level of trust and positive interaction with the service provided by the digital platform “Ibaleg”, during the first three months of its launch, this interactive platform received a total of 4,117 notifications bearing the full identity of the informants. who have chosen to record their notifications accompanied by their personal data, a percentage equivalent to more than two thirds of the total notifications received.
In order to establish this mutual trust between the informant and the digital reporting platform, adds the report, 564 reports were recorded outside the national territory, coming from countries in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and ‘North Africa.
The same source stressed that the interests of national security bet on the continuation of immediate and serious interaction with the reports received by the digital platform “Ibalagh” to strengthen the general feeling of security, raise the levels of interaction between the the security institution and its societal institutions. environment, as well as developing practical and effective mechanisms to combat related crimes using modern technologies, involving citizens in achieving digital security and maintaining the Internet as a safe space, free from threats and criminal behavior.
The communication concluded that national security interests were based, during the development of the “Ibaleg” platform, on necessary security principles and concepts, including the joint production of security, which makes the citizen a partner in consolidation. security in the broad sense, through reporting all potential threats and risks, as well as This platform also embodies the duty of alert which requires everyone to notify and report all crimes and attempted crimes that threaten our collective security.
