Sunday, February 16, 2014

Venezuela starts blocking Twitter users as widespread protests continue « Hot Air

Venezuela starts blocking Twitter users as widespread protests continue « Hot Air: "Stuff really started hitting the fan in Venezuela this week, as public discontent with the ongoing crises of basic goods shortages, runaway inflation, and high crime rates has finally come to a head and protests have started popping up all over the country. Even with the “emergency decree powers” President Nicolas Maduro was granted and started wielding late last year, the economic situation in the oil-rich country has only continued to deteriorate, and the fact that armed motorcycle vigilantes showed up and started shooting to try and break up the protest in Caracas on Wednesday so far hasn’t deterred Venezuelans from keeping it up.

Which means things are going to start getting even more Orwellian in short order. Cue the beginning of a social-media crackdown."



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