{"id":2321947,"date":"2024-08-09T13:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T17:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maduro-suspends-access-to-x-in-venezuela-after-musk-spat-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-09T13:20:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T17:20:35","slug":"maduro-suspends-access-to-x-in-venezuela-after-musk-spat-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maduro-suspends-access-to-x-in-venezuela-after-musk-spat-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Maduro suspends access to X in Venezuela after Musk spat &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmaduro-suspends-access-to-x-in-venezuela-after-musk-spat-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2321947&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced a suspension\u2063 of access to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-threads-colluding-with-feds-to-censor-americans-like-facebook-did-judiciary-chair-jordan-asks-zuckerberg-for-answers\/\" title=\"Did Threads collude with feds to censor Americans, similar to Facebook? Jordan, Judiciary Chair, seeks answers from Zuckerberg.\">social media\u200d platform<\/a> X (formerly Twitter)\u200d for ten days, following a public confrontation with its owner,\u200c Elon Musk. The tension arose over allegations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-real-clear-politics-say-they-never-called-pennsylvania\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Real Clear Politics -- SAY THEY NEVER CALLED PENNSYLVANIA\">election fraud<\/a> in Venezuela, particularly \u200bregarding the controversial presidential\u200b election held on July 28. \u2063Maduro\u2064 accused Musk \u2064of violating Venezuelan laws and\u200c inciting hatred, civil unrest,\u2062 and violence. In a recent statement, he emphasized \u200bthat the decision to suspend the platform was\u200b made in response\u200c to a proposal from\u200c the National Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL) in Venezuela. The conflict escalated when Musk criticized Maduro, labeling him \u2063a &#8220;dictator&#8221; \u200band accusing \u2063him of significant electoral fraud, prompting Maduro&#8217;s stern reaction regarding the social media platform&#8217;s\u200d use in the \u2064country.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Maduro suspends access to X in Venezuela after Musk spat<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1716802\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/venezuela\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Venezuelan<\/a> President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nicolas-maduro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nicolas Maduro<\/a> said he is suspending access to the social media platform X for 10 days after clashing with owner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Elon Musk<\/a> over the country&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmakers-seek-voting-reform\/\" title=\"GOP lawmakers seek voting reform\">disputed presidential election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Maduro <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/venezuela-elections-suspension-x-elon-musk-59bb734bdd0c8cc4082d6a0cb0f5af25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> he had signed a resolution &ldquo;with the proposal made by CONATEL, the National Telecommunications Commission, which has decided to remove the social network X, formerly known as Twitter, from circulation in Venezuela for 10 days so that they can present their documents.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Elon Musk is the owner of X and has violated all the rules,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c5ypx0p84rgo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> in a speech Thursday. &ldquo;He has violated the rules by inciting hatred, fascism, civil war, death, confrontation of Venezuelans and has violated all Venezuelan laws.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The suspension of the social media platform comes after the Venezuelan president sparred with Musk over the results of Venezuela&rsquo;s July 28 election, which is widely believed to have been fraudulent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Tesla executive accused Maduro of committing &ldquo;major election fraud&rdquo; and wrote, &ldquo;Shame on Dictator Maduro,&rdquo; in a post on X last week.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Shame on Dictator Maduro <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yad3Itps5N\">https:\/\/t.co\/yad3Itps5N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1817776665906254018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Maduro responded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3106809\/elon-musk-accepts-venezuelan-president-nicolas-maduros-challenge-to-a-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>labeling<\/a> Musk &ldquo;the archenemy of Venezuela&rsquo;s peace&rdquo; and a &ldquo;representation of fascism and the extreme right.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela&rsquo;s electoral council has declared Maduro the winner of the election, but it has not yet released the official voting tallies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2024\/08\/04\/maduro-gonzalez-election-actas-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Multiple<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/31\/world\/americas\/venezuela-maduro-election-results.html\">analyses<\/a> of vote tally sheets collected by Venezuela&rsquo;s opposition suggest Maduro&rsquo;s challenger, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, won by a large margin. The United States has recognized Gonzalez as the winner.<\/p>\n<p>Maduro&rsquo;s regime has cracked down on protesters demanding transparency from Venezuela&rsquo;s government. The authoritarian leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2024\/08\/08\/venezuela-election-maduro-arrests-opposition-crackdown\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>says<\/a> his security forces have arrested more than 2,000 people since his disputed victory last month.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1716802\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1716802\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced a 10-day suspension of access to the social media platform X following a disagreement with its owner, Elon Musk, regarding the country&#8217;s controversial presidential election. Maduro stated that he had signed a resolution based on a recommendation from CONATEL, Venezuela&#8217;s National Telecommunications Commission, to temporarily remove X from circulation in the country so that it could present necessary documentation. In his speech on Thursday, he accused Musk of violating various rules by promoting hatred and inciting conflict among Venezuelans. This decision comes after Musk criticized Maduro over allegations of significant electoral fraud in the July 28 election, which many believe was rigged. Musk referred to Maduro as &#8220;Dictator&#8221; in a post on X last week. In response, Maduro labeled Musk as an enemy of peace in Venezuela and associated him with fascism and extreme right ideologies. Although Venezuela&#8217;s electoral council declared Maduro the winner of the election, official voting figures have yet to be released. Analyses by opposition groups suggest that Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, Maduro\u2019s opponent, actually won by a considerable margin\u2014a result recognized by the United States. Meanwhile, Maduro&#8217;s government has intensified its crackdown on protests demanding transparency and has reportedly arrested over 2,000 individuals since his contested victory last month<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3192,"featured_media":2321948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Maduro-Venezuela.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6371,36612,4250,32364,14099],"class_list":["post-2321947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-censorship","tag-maduro","tag-musk","tag-social-media","tag-venezuela"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Maduro-Venezuela.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2321947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2321948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2321947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2321947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2321947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}