The state either controls or reflects the official line in the broadcast media. According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a group based in Paris, independent media and journalists may face harassment and retaliation.
Akhbar Al Yawm, one of the last independent publications in the nation, shut down in 2021. The population's primary information sources are websites and social media.
Sensitive topics like religion, the monarchy, and Western Sahara are avoided by the media.
RTM and 2M, Morocco's two major TV networks, are owned by the government or have a stake in it. Many people have access to French and pan-Arab stations thanks to satellite dishes.
Widespread site filtering is not a policy. According to Internetworldstats.com, 68 percent of the population—or 25.5 million people—used the internet in December 2021.
- Semi-official daily, Le Matin.
- Al-Massae: daily, personal.
- Private, daily in Assabah.
- Private, daily liberation.
- Business daily L'Economiste.
- Telquel - weekly news, private.
- Television Marocaine (TVM) is run by the state by Societe Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Television (SNRT).
- Partially owned by the government is 2M.
- RTM and 2M jointly run the satellite channel Al Maghribia, which is targeted at Moroccan expatriates.
- Privately owned Moroccan and French companies operate Medi 1 TV, a satellite channel based in Tangier.
- State-run Societe Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Television (SNRT) runs national networks in French, Arabic, and local services.
- Arabic and French programming is offered by the privately owned, Tangier-based Medi 1 channel.
- Private, national FM relays are provided by Aswat Radio.
- Private Hit Radio is a national FM relay.
- Private, national FM relays are provided by Med Radio.
- English-language, state-run pages can be found at Maghreb Arab Presse (MAP).