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#Venezuela's Maduro slams #Twitter after accounts blocked
'Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday said Twitter was an "expression of fascism" after accounts linked to his government were suspended, accusing the U.S. company of persecuting his followers.
...It was not clear why the accounts were suspended, or how many had been affected. Earlier, Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said 180 accounts were hit...'
read above ^^^
Obviously #Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro's mistake was depending on an American based corporation.
What if his government set up a #Mastodon instance and encouraged Venezuelans to set up their own? Decentralised communication instantly breaking the American tech monopoly.
Problem solved.
@jd 😁
There were some attempts from the Government on impulsing alternatives for mayor social networks, the most know being something like Chavezbook that didn't take off. It was just a bad Facebook copy.
Government has a love-hate relationship with social networks, looking for having presence, but also actively working against freedom and net neutrality.
Lately they've been threatening a forced end to anonymity for Venezuelan users in social networking sites and other services.