[4] He was arrested on 6 January 2011 during the protests that led to the Tunisian Revolution, alongside others including Azyz Amami.

The Anonymous hacktivist group had led attacks on the Tunisian government's websites, and Amamou was held for five days by the state security forces under the suspicion of having collaborated with the hackers.

[5] Amamou was later released, and, following the flight of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, a national unity government was formed.

[10] He received considerable criticism online for joining the transitional government, particularly from fellow bloggers and internet activists.

On the week of May 25, he resigned from his post in protest of the transitional government's censorship of several websites at the request of the Tunisian Army.