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robcon

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Fri Feb-05-10 08:11 AM
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Venezuela: Chavez equates Twitter with terrorism

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Source: boing-boing

"After finding himself on the receiving end of widespread criticism and unfriendly hashtags on Twitter, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has announced that he now considers Twitter messages and social networking as terrorist threats. He is quoted in this Spanish-language news report as calling for more state control over the internet. The Great Firewall of... Venezuela? "

Read more: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/04/venezuela-chavez-equ.html

Chavez feels anything that fails to keep citizens voiceless and impotent is evil.

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