Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claims X owner Elon Musk attacked his re-election.
In Venezuela, access to messaging service X is blocked for ten days. President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro says he signed an act on Thursday local time to block the use of the service in the country.
Maduro has repeatedly attacked X’s billionaire owner Elon Musk after the elections in Venezuela at the end of July. According to Maduro, Musk has “attacked” his re-election.
Message service X has not commented on the matter so far.
Venezuela’s electoral authority declared President Maduro the winner of the election. However, his alleged victory has been widely disputed, and several countries have recognized the opposition candidate by Edmundo Gonzalez the real winner of the election.
Maduro’s alleged election victory in the presidential elections gave rise to widespread protests in the country, which were promoted especially on social media.
Yesterday, the left-wing governments of Brazil, Colombia and Mexico demanded that Venezuela’s electoral authority release the election vote data.
Detailed voting results have not been published, despite the fact that numerous parties have demanded their publication.
Sources: Reuters, AFP, STT