The organization a world without a gag said that “the punishment in Venezuela no longer always comes with a uniform: it can come as a contract suspension, a content elimination or a public stigmatization from power”
A world without a gag published on Monday 8 its report on the situation of freedom of expression in 2025. The organization registered 302 violation incidents between January and June, where the “sophistication of new forms of state censorship was evidenced.”
According to The reporta “state policy oriented to systematic repression” is evident, through a “mixed censorship model, in which traditional methods – such as the closure of media – converge with new technological and judicial tools.”
During the first semester of the year, a world without a gag counted 148 arbitrary arrests, including 58 people dedicated to the analysis or dissemination of independent economic information; 61 acts of digital censorship; 24 cases of harassment to journalists, human rights and citizens; and the closure or confiscation of teams of four radio stations.
In addition, the massive filtration of data of at least 3.2 million users of Movistar Venezuela was highlighted in April 2025, as well as a filtration of the SAIME database “with biometric information, addresses, photos and migratory records.”
A world without a gag also highlighted the use of “technologies of censorship and digital surveillance to silence critical contents”, including blockages and selective attacks on various web pages; Like the “systematic use of broad spectrum laws,” among which they mention the law against hatred, to “criminalize opinions and speeches in social networks, as well as proactive digital surveillance to journalists and activists.”
“The punishment in Venezuela no longer comes with a uniform: it can come as a contract suspension, a content elimination or public stigmatization from power,” said a world without a gag.
*Journalism in Venezuela is exercised in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments arranged for the punishment of the word, especially the laws “against hatred”, “against fascism” and “against blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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