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Stories about Ecuador from December, 2012

Latin America and the Caribbean Netizen Report: Detention Edition

  14 December 2012

This month, arrests of Internet users in Latin America and the Caribbean appear to have increased, with bloggers and activists in Ecuador, Colombia, and Cuba detained for their activities online. In this Netizen Report for Latin America and the Caribbean, we review some of these cases.

Ecuadorian Blogger Paúl Moreno Detained

  2 December 2012

Ecuadorian blogger Paúl Moreno (@paulcoyote) was detained on charges of fraudulent access to computer systems, after he accessed President Rafael Correa's personal database in an attempt to show the vulnerability of an official website.

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