{"id":588713,"date":"2021-07-12T09:06:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T13:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=588713"},"modified":"2021-07-12T09:06:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T13:06:15","slug":"twitter-trending-minimizes-heroic-anti-tyranny-cuban-protests-people-helping-to-spread-awareness-of-covid-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-trending-minimizes-heroic-anti-tyranny-cuban-protests-people-helping-to-spread-awareness-of-covid-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Trending Minimizes Heroic Anti-Tyranny Cuban Protests: People \u2018Helping To Spread Awareness\u2019 Of COVID Impact"},"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\">30<\/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%2Ftwitter-trending-minimizes-heroic-anti-tyranny-cuban-protests-people-helping-to-spread-awareness-of-covid-impact%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=588713&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/6731BC83-655C-466E-845D-23BA027D0A77_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>While thousands of Cubans put themselves at great personal risk to protest against the repressive communist government on Sunday and the hashtag #SOSCuba was trending, Twitter scrubbed any mention of the dictatorial regime, focusing instead on COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are helping to spread awareness on the impact of COVID-19 in Cuba as cases hit an all-time high in the country,\u201d the social media platform commented on the hashtag.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.9957983193277\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is ridiculous from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Twitter<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Yes, COVID cases are hitting an all time high on the island, but we are demanding an end to the communist dictatorship. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOSCuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOSCuba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oaRGPhmVcv\">pic.twitter.com\/oaRGPhmVcv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Giancarlo Sopo (@GiancarloSopo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GiancarloSopo\/status\/1414327312485597189?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Senator Marco Rubio denounced Twitter, writing, \u201cSurreal but not surprising. @Twitter says this is all about COVID \u2018awareness\u2019 in #Cuba. Ignores this is really about how socialism is a disaster &amp; always leads to tyranny, despair and suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.6\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">surreal but not surprising <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@twitter<\/a> says this all about COVID \u201cawareness\u201d in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cuba<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Ignores this is really about how socialism is a disaster &amp; always leads to tyranny, despair &amp; suffering <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T6DLOgFoAc\">pic.twitter.com\/T6DLOgFoAc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/1414328464447057922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There were other notable political figures who did not mince words about the actual motivation for the protesters, including Florida GOP governor Ron DeSantis, who wrote, \u201cFlorida supports the people of Cuba as they take to the streets against the tyrannical regime in Havana. The Cuban dictatorship has repressed the people of Cuba for decades &amp; is now trying to silence those who have the courage to speak out against its disastrous policies #SOSCuba.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.5395480225989\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Florida supports the people of Cuba as they take to the streets against the tyrannical regime in Havana. The Cuban dictatorship has repressed the people of Cuba for decades &amp; is now trying to silence those who have the courage to speak out against its disastrous policies<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOSCuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOSCuba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H71EYoKdUZ\">pic.twitter.com\/H71EYoKdUZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1414336109996384262?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/pro-freedom-cuban-protesters-storm-communist-offices-flip-national-revolutionary-police-cars-reports\/\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported, \u201cCubans took to the street in rarely seen demonstrations to protest the impoverished conditions of the island, their lack of freedom under the far-left Marxist regime, and did so while&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-cubans-carry-american-flag-while-demanding-freedom-from-communist-dictatorship\">chanting<\/a>&nbsp;\u2018Liberty\u2019 and \u2018Freedom\u2019 and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-cubans-carry-american-flag-while-demanding-freedom-from-communist-dictatorship\">waving<\/a>&nbsp;an American flag.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2021\/07\/11\/cuba-protests\/\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p><em>Jos\u00e9 Miguel Vivanco, director of Human Rights Watch\u2019s Americas division, said his group had received reports that at least 20 people had been arrested. He added that the organization had received reports of violence being used by Cuban forces, a claim echoed by social media users sharing videos of wounded protesters.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis is pretty massive,\u201d Vivanco said. \u201cMy sense is that this is a combination of social unrest based on a lack of freedoms, and covid, and economic conditions. The lack of access to electricity. The blackouts. \u2026 People are screaming for freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs demonstrators sought to broadcast the protest live with their cellphones through social media, Cuba\u2019s authorities cut internet service on multiple occasions on Sunday,\u201d The Wall Street Journal&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/cuban-protests-demand-freedom-food-covid-19-vaccines-11626045095\">reported<\/a>. \u201cKentik, a U.S.-based network monitoring company, reported countrywide internet outages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The leftist site Vox <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2018\/9\/14\/17857622\/twitter-liberal-employees-conservative-trump-politics\">reported<\/a> in 2018 of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey: \u201cTwitter is so liberal, in fact, that conservative employees \u2018don\u2019t feel safe to express their opinions\u2019 within the company, Dorsey told NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen in a&nbsp;new interview published today on&nbsp;Recode Media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dorsey stated, \u201cWe have a lot of conservative-leaning folks in the company as well, and to be honest, they don\u2019t feel safe to express their opinions at the company. They do feel silenced by just the general swirl of what they perceive to be the broader percentage of leanings within the company, and I don\u2019t think that\u2019s fair or right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dorsey added, \u201cI think it\u2019s more and more important to at least clarify what our own bias leans towards, and just express it. I\u2019d rather know what someone biases to rather than try to interpret through their actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While thousands of Cubans put themselves at great personal risk to protest against the repressive communist government on Sunday and the hashtag #SOSCuba was trending, Twitter scrubbed any mention of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314464,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/6731BC83-655C-466E-845D-23BA027D0A77_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Twitter Trending Minimizes Heroic Anti-Tyranny Cuban Protests: People \u2018Helping To Spread Awareness\u2019 Of COVID Impact","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-588713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/6731BC83-655C-466E-845D-23BA027D0A77_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Twitter Trending Minimizes Heroic Anti-Tyranny Cuban Protests: People \u2018Helping To Spread Awareness\u2019 Of COVID Impact","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588713","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}