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Blocking of Maduro's account: Caracas accuses Facebook of "digital totalitarianism"

2021-03-28T15:52:41.794Z


Blocking the page prevents its administrators from posting new messages for a month without making it invisible.


The Venezuelan government on Sunday accused Facebook of "

digital totalitarianism

", denouncing the blocking for 30 days of the page of Socialist President Nicolas Maduro for "

repeated violations

" by the latter of the American company's policy on disinformation linked to Covid- 19.

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"

We are witnessing a digital totalitarianism exerted by supranational companies which want to impose their law on the countries of the world

", indicates a press release from the Venezuelan Ministry of Communication and Information.

The blocking of the page, which prevents its administrators from posting new messages for a month without making it invisible, followed the deletion of a video by Maduro on the drug Carvativir, whose effectiveness has yet to be seen. demonstrated by medical studies, says Facebook.

"

We have removed a video posted on the page of President Nicolas Maduro for violating our policies of disinformation (...) which could put people in danger

", explained the social network.

"

It is striking that, in a sort of tyranny of the algorithm, one mainly persecutes the contents directed towards the fight against the pandemic

", retorted the Venezuelan government.

Read also: Venezuela: Maduro threatens to "respond with force" to the Colombian commando

Caracas also viewed Facebook's move as an “

extension

” of US sanctions against Venezuela in an attempt to depose Nicolas Maduro, calling it an “

act of censorship

”.

The National Union of Press Workers (SNTP), one of the country's leading journalist organizations, accuses the Maduro government of carrying out "

a systematic policy

" against critical media.

In the same vein, the NGO for the freedom of expression Espacio Público denounces the closure of more than a hundred media since the arrival to power of the leader in 2013.

Source: lefigaro

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