Maduro Blocks X (Twitter) in Venezuela

“X left Venezuela for 10 days”. Thus, Nicolás Maduro confirmed his intention to temporarily block the formerly known as Twitter in the country after a confrontation with Elon Musk, the owner of the platform, who even removed the verification icon, claiming that Maduro had committed fraud in the recent elections.

According to people familiar with the situation, X (formerly known as Twitter) was blocked across Venezuela seconds after Maduro announced his intention to suspend it for 10 days.. The country’s president confirmed at the march that this blockade was carried out thanks to a proposal from Conatel (the National Telecommunications Commission of Venezuela), which is the body that regulates, supervises and controls telecommunications throughout the country.

Maduro justifies this blockade, which in principle, we repeat, will last only 10 days, claiming that Elon Musk broke its own rules X (Twitter) “incitement to hatred, fascism, civil war, death and confrontation of Venezuelans.” Recall that the tycoon published posts against Nicolás Maduro and in favor of Venezuelans being able to freely choose their president, after many were accused of fraud in the recent elections.

Venezuela left without X (Twitter) for 10 days

“Elon Musk is the owner of X and he has violated all the rules of the social network itself. All of them. And he has violated, by inciting hatred, fascism, civil war, death and confrontation of Venezuelans, all the laws of Venezuela, and there is a law in Venezuelan law,” Maduro said. “That’s why I signed the invoice item with the offer made with Conatel.who decided to delete the social network

For now, Elon Musk has not commented on the situation.; The tycoon has been active on his X (Twitter) profile, sharing information about some of the achievements of his other companies, such as Tesla or SpaceX, but nothing about Venezuela or Maduro; something he has done in recent weeks.