Friday, February 21, 2014

Venezuela's Internet Crackdown Escalates into Regional Blackout

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/02/venezuelas-net-crackdown-escalates

For the last month, Venezuela has been caught up in widespread protests against its government. The Maduro administration has responded by cracking down on what it claims as being foreign interference online. As that social unrest has escalated, the state's censorship has widened: from the removal of television stations from cable networks, to the targeted blocking of social networking services, and the announcement of new government powers to censor and monitor online. Last night, EFF received reports from Venezuelans of the shutdown of the state Internet provider in San Cristóbal, a regional capital in the west of the country.

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