Social networks, such as Facebook, Instagram and messaging platforms such as WhatsApp or Telegram, They are suffering from cuts ordered by the authorities in Cuba After the protests erupted, according to the internet watchdog Netblocks.
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According to a statement on its website, this authority monitored “partial outages” in the services of the various communication platforms, on Monday, and added that ‘Targeted constraints’ may be intended to limit the flow of information Issued by Cuba after thousands of people took to the streets of the country to protest against the government on Sunday.
Netblocks’ measurements found that “WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram platforms, as well as some Telegram servers, are interrupted in ETECSA (Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba, SA), including Cubacel The mobile phone network operated by the only telecommunication company in Cuba“.
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Eva Marie Ozkategi. France Press agency
According to this observatory, the discounts have been confirmed by users of these services on the island. Netblocks online measurements from 50 observation points This Monday to confirm that the servers of these platforms are “partially or completely unavailable on landlines and mobile phones”.
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Despite this, Netblocks confirms it VPN servicesused in many countries to bypass censorship, Still working for many users. The number of detainees in the July 11 protests at various locations in Cuba is unknown, as the authorities have not provided data on the arrests.
The day of demonstrations on 11-J is considered historic because these acts of protest have not taken place in Cuba since the 1959 revolution, with Exception from the famous Maleconazo of 1994, when groups of protesters took to the streets in Havana to protest shortages during the “special period” crisis.
EFE
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