SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- The ruler of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, announced on Thursday that it had signed a decree to block access to the X platform (formerly Twitter) for 10 days and prevented access to the Signal messaging app.
After having said that the owner of X, Elon Musk, used the social network to incite “hate” and “violence”, in a intervention In a public statement in Caracas, the dictator exclaimed: “Get X out of Venezuela for 10 days! Get out, Elon Musk!”
“I have authorized Conatel (National Telecommunications Commission) to remove the social network X from Venezuela for 10 days, so that it can present its documents to this body. In Venezuela there is law, there is a Constitution, there are institutions, there is a State, there is a people that must be respected,” said Maduro from the Miraflores palace.
Get X out for #10Days Venezuela! In our country there is a Constitution, Law, Institutions and State. 10 days to present your documents. Let the plans on networks to sow violence, hatred and attack #Venezuela from the outside. The #VenezuelanPeople deserves… pic.twitter.com/0EuMnQKtHH
— Nicolas Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) August 9, 2024
Also on Thursday, the company lashed out at messaging app Signal, by limiting the instant messaging network’s operating services.
“The signal.org website is blocked on most internet providers. It started today, August 8th, at 3:00 PM Venezuela time. On multiple ISPs, Signal usage is also being affected by the block,” reported the organization VE Sin Filtro through its account on X.
Signal is a messaging app with end-to-end encryption and a focus on privacy.
🚨 Bloqueo contra Signal en Venezuela
La página web de @signalapp signal⸱org se encuentra 🛑bloqueada en la mayoría de los proveedores de internet. Comenzó hoy #8Ago a las 3:00 PM hora de Venezuela.
En algunos ISP la aplicación parece funcionar con normalidad, pero en otros… pic.twitter.com/qlF3cE3asT
— VE sin Filtro (@vesinfiltro) August 8, 2024
Days ago, Nicolas Maduroamid mass protests against the election results that declared him the winner, stated from Miraflores Palace that there was a plan to “destabilize” the country, perpetrated by Elon Musk, the United States Government and “Colombian drug trafficking.”
In front of a crowd gathered outside the palace, he lashed out at businessman Musk, who has denounced the lack of transparency in the Venezuelan electoral process and has openly mocked Ripe.
According to the Chavista representative, there is an “alliance” of the “global extreme right” that is trying to overthrow him, in collusion with Musk (his new “archenemy”), drug trafficking and the “imperialist government of the United States.”
🚨 Comenzaron a bloquear @X /Twitter en Venezuela 🚨
Minutos después de ser anunciado por Nicolás Maduro, ya comenzó el bloqueo contra @X /Twitter en los principales proveedores de internet
El bloqueo DNS lo hemos podido medir en CANTV, Digitel, Inter y NetUno.
Por la… pic.twitter.com/qWLjCI1ObK
— VE sin Filtro (@vesinfiltro) August 9, 2024
According to Maduro, the owner of Tesla and the social network X would be behind the alleged “hacks” to the Venezuelan electoral system because, according to the Chavista, Musk wants to govern Venezuela.
The president also referred to a “plot” of “all social networks” against Venezuela,” and said that they seek to show “a parallel reality, as occurred during the coup d’état of April 2002, when the media constructed a false story about what happened,” taking away legitimacy from the protests of citizens and opponents who do not recognize the election result.
Follow our channel WhatsApp. Receive the information from CubaNet on your cell phone through Telegram.
