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STORY: :: August 8, 2024

:: Caracas, Venezuela

:: Maduro blocks access to X in Venezuela

for 10 days, saying it 'incites violence'

:: Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela's President

"Elon Musk is the owner of X and has violated all the rules of the social network Twitter itself, today known as X. He has violated the rules by inciting hatred, fascism, civil war, death, confrontation of Venezuelans, and has violated all Venezuelan laws."

"That is why I have signed a decree presented by CONATEL, the National Telecommunications Commission, which has decided to remove the social network X, formerly known as Twitter, for 10 days from circulation in Venezuela so that they can present their arguments. X out of Venezuela for 10 days. Do you support me? Get out X, get out Elon Musk, get out. Get out, get out Elon Musk, get out."

Maduro has frequently railed against X owner Elon Musk since the July 28 election which the opposition says it won, a claim backed by an increasing numbers of Western governments.

Maduro said he signed a decree presented by regulator Conatel which "has decided to take social network X, formerly known as Twitter, out of circulation for 10 days".

"X get out of Venezuela for 10 days!" he said in a speech which was broadcast on state television.

Maduro and Venezuela's electoral authority have said that the president won a third term in the election, though the opposition claims victory and says it has the vote counts to prove it.

Neither Maduro nor the electoral body have released detailed vote tallies.

In the days after the vote, protests from Venezuelans across the country and abroad broke out demanding Maduro step down and to honor a win by opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez.