“Venezuelan military family is being threatened via WhatsAppto all officials, via WhatsApp they are threatening the police familyby Whatsapp they are threatening street leadersfrom the community, through WhatsApp they are threatening anyone who does not speak out in favor of fascism,” said the president at an event with Chavista youth.
Maduro asked his followers the “voluntary, progressive and radical withdrawal” of the applicationand proposed other alternatives for communicating such as Telegram.
“I am going to break ties with WhatsApp, because Whatsapp is being used to threaten Venezuelaand then I’m going to delete my Whatsapp from my phone forever, little by little I’ll transfer my contacts to Telegram, to WeChat (…) it is necessary to do itsay no to WhatsApp, WhatsApp out of Venezuela,” he added.
Maduro thus adds the messaging application, from the North American Meta, to the Chinese social network TikTok and the American Instagram, which are, as he said this Sunday, the main instruments “that multiply hatred and fascism” in the country.
🇻🇪 | NICOLÁS MADURO SAYS HE IS BREAKING RELATIONS WITH WHATSAPP. pic.twitter.com/DgYb9URMUx
— Alerta News 24 (@AlertaNews24) August 5, 2024
“The main conscious multiplying instruments of hatred and fascism“And the attempt to divide Venezuelans and create fascist fanatics who attack the police, the military or the Chavista people in their communities, are TikTok and Instagram,” the president said in a televised event.
Maduro said that TikTok, owned by Chinese Zhang Yiming – one of the richest men in the world, according to Forbes – and Instagram, also owned by Meta and created by Brazilian Kevin Systrom and American Mike Krieger, They have “infected” important sectors of society with “hatred” in a “shameless manner.”
¡Language #NoAWhatsAppThey are using this APP to threaten young popular leaders, street leaders, community leaders, military and police families and everyone #Venezuela. The first step is the #Voluntary retirementprogressive and radical WhatsApp. There are other APPs, systems of… pic.twitter.com/kaXW1K2iZ4
— Nicolas Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) August 6, 2024
The president said that In Venezuela there is “no type of national regulation” on the use of networkswhich is why he asked the Defense Council and the Security Council for recommendations on this issue, after protests broke out following the election results, which according to official data from the National Electoral Council (CNE), were won by Maduro.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says that the instant messaging application WhatsApp is used in the country to threaten military and police officers, as well as community leaders.https://t.co/OlmwnarsLV
— EFE News (@EFEnoticias) August 5, 2024
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