Marianne Diaz · April, 2013

Latest posts by Marianne Diaz from April, 2013

Will the Revolution Still be Tweeted? Venezuela's Netizens Face Uncertain Future

  25 April 2013

Since the death of Hugo Chavez and narrow victory of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, two social media users have been arrested for posting information deemed “destabilizing” to the country. On election day, the Internet was briefly shut down throughout most of the country. And today, social network users are facing threats to their employment status, as authorities search profiles for signs of political affiliation that have, in several cases, resulted in users losing their jobs.

Venezuela: Facebook User Detained for “Destabilizing” Photograph

  18 April 2013

Two days after presidential elections in Venezuela, authorities detained Andrés Rondón Sayago, a citizen who allegedly spread photographs of burning ballots. Officials say that the photographs were taken during 2007 elections, not in the present day. Rondón Sayago has been accused of sharing the photographs with “destabilizing intentions.”