The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Madurodecided to suspend the social network X for ten days in the country, after accusing its owner, Elon Musk, of inciting hatred and fascism in the midst of an “attack” against his re-election, in the midst of a context of strong tension, with allegations of electoral fraud by the opposition and massive protests.
“I have signed a point of account with the proposal made with Conatel”, the agency responsible for telecommunications in the country, to “take down the social network X, formerly known as Twitter, “for 10 days of circulation in Venezuela,” said the Venezuelan president at an event at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas.
“X out of Venezuela for 10 days!” he shouted in front of hundreds of followers. “Elon Musk Out!”
The president, who accused the tycoon of violating “all the rules” of his own social network by “inciting hatred and fascism”noted that during this period of time the “definitive administrative measure” for the operation of this social network in the country.
The clash between Elon Musk and Nicolás Maduro
The president’s decision comes after his clashes with Elon Muskowner of the social network, who also announced that Maduro would no longer have the gray verified icon. This icon is placed on the accounts of a governmental or multilateral organization. Generally, the presidents of each country carry it in their profiles.
In this way, the tycoon, like governments and leaders of different countries around the world, ignored Maduro’s victory in the last elections, of which the official minutes are still unknown. Even He went so far as to define the president as his “arch enemy.”
“Goodbye Dictator Maduro,” the businessman commented in one of the first posts after the opposition protests broke out. “The people of Venezuela have had enough of this clown,” he said in another.
In response to this, Maduro said: “We are David against Goliath, which is Elon Musk, with his satellites, his millions financed by Colombian drug trafficking, which is complicit in the coup d’état underway in Venezuela.”
Nicolas Maduro called to boycott WhatsApp
In line with this measure, the Venezuelan president also called in recent days for a boycott against WhatsApp, by reporting that his supporters had received threats through that platform.
“I’m going to break off relations with WhatsApp, because WhatsApp is being used to threaten Venezuela and then I’m going to delete my WhatsApp from my phone foreverlittle by little I will pass my contacts to Telegram, to WeChat“said the president during a Chavista demonstration.
Source: Ambito
