Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ordered this Thursday take social network X, formerly known as Twitter, out of circulation for a period of 10 daysso that the company, owned by South African magnate Elon Musk, presents “precautions” to the authorities of the Caribbean country.
In a political event, the president explained that signed the proposal to suspend X, prepared by the National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel)with the aim of “enforcing the laws”.
“X should leave Venezuela for 10 days, so that they can present their documents and establish the definitive administrative measure, but enough is enough, enough of trying to sow violence, hatred, of trying to attack Venezuela from abroad,” said Maduro, who has accused Musk of being part of a “cyber coup” against him.
He assured that “someday, sooner rather than later, New Venezuelan social networks will be born“to free the country from these people,” referring to the owners of platforms such as WhatsApp, Instagram and TikTok, which, according to the head of state, function as “multipliers of hate” in the South American nation.
“Let the others take notice, but I was not born on the day of cowards (…) We have to defeat the cyber, fascist and criminal coup d’état“, he insisted.
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Maduro, announced as the winner of the July 28 elections, has denounced that There is a coup plan to ignore his victoryafter it was denounced as fraudulent by the majority opposition, international observers and foreign governments.
#BREAKING NEWS President Nicolás Maduro suspends the operation of the social network X in Venezuela for 10 days pic.twitter.com/e9635MtqQr
— Agence France-Presse (@AFPespanol) August 8, 2024
In rejection of his proclamation as re-elected president, A crisis has broken out in the country, leading to protests -some of which turned into acts of violence- and police operations that resulted in 24 deaths, according to the NGO Provea, and more than 2,400 arrests, according to the report updated this Thursday by the president.
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