Dissenting on social media is now a crime in communist Cuba after the government on Tuesday published sweeping legislation labeling those who criticize the government as cyber-terrorists.
The all-out attack on the freedom of expression of Cubans comes a month after social media helped fuel the largest anti-government protests on the island in several decades. They also seem designed to respond to President Joe Biden’s on-going efforts to provide uncensored internet access to Cubans.
Those who use social media to oppose the government or “subvert the constitutional order” risk being treated as “cyber-terrorists,” according to the new Ministry of Communications’ Resolution 105. Calls to “alter public order” and “promoting social indiscipline” are considered attempts at social subversion with a “very high” level of danger.
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