20-24 September 2022
Published on 20 September 2022
The BIT-ACT research fellow Ester Sigillò presents her recent work during the INSANIYYAT Conference hold in Tunis from 20 to24 September. The chapter highlights how digital media supported the revolutionary momentum in Algeria and Tunisia and describes the new position of local activists as anti-corruption agents. In addition, it draws the conflictual dynamics of the anti-corruption action and the ambivalent role of digital media in two different transitions. Finally, the chapter traces two trajectories of the anti-corruption struggle supported by digital media when it comes to the transnational dimension: the de-localization of the struggle of Algerian activists and the technocratization of the anti-corruption action driven by international donors in Tunisia. Overall, this contribution remarks discuss the alleged politicization/de-politicization of the fight against corruption in two different situations, as well as the agencies of grassroots actors.