The Diha F'Rassek movement - meaning 'Mind Your Own Business' - was launched to fight back against dozens of "Dire Revenge porn" accounts that appeared online during the country's coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...lockdown, said co-founder Sophia Zerh, 26.
"We started to receive messages that were really shocking, for instance girls starting to think about suicide," she told the Thomson Rooters Foundation, adding that the campaign has drawn 15,000 followers in less than two months.
More importantly, Zerh said, about 300 women and girls have contacted the campaign group about the abuse they suffered.
Some agreed to have their testimonies posted anonymously on the group's Instagram page, which Zerh said could help other potential victims spot danger signs and challenge taboos about gender relations in the socially conservative country.
Fearing relatives could find out, many victims are too scared to speak out or seek help, she said:
"Even if a girl didn't share any nude pictures, she's super afraid of her family just hearing about something. It's really hard to convince them to go to the police."
"Women in Morocco are easy targets, with Arab culture - not everyone is lucky enough to have an open-minded family."
SCARED AND ASHAMED
In other countries too, women's rights activists have reported a rise in online posts of intimate images of women and girls, usually by abusive partners or ex-partners, during COVID-19 lockdowns.
Online abuse has become a common feature of domestic abuse in Morocco, which criminalised all forms of violence against women in 2018.
But despite the two-year-old law, campaigners say domestic abuse victims face numerous hurdles in securing convictions against their abusers.
A government survey last year showed 54.5% of Moroccan women have been subjected to violence, but only 6.6% have brought their case before justice.
When victims get in touch with Diha F'Rassek, which is supported by a volunteer network, they receive help to report the abuse or are put in touch with free legal and counselling services.
Others simply want to talk.
"Sometimes people just need someone to talk to because they are too ashamed to talk to family or friends, but feel freer to talk to us," Zerh said.
Some victims are so scared they create fake social media accounts to get in touch, she added.