Cuba has restricted access to social media and messaging platforms including Facebook and WhatsApp, global internet monitoring firm NetBlocks said on Tuesday, in the wake of the biggest anti-government protests in decades. Mobile internet outages reportedThey also accuse the government of trying to disrupt communications. In the capital, there have been regular and atypical mobile internet outages since Sunday, according to Reuters witnesses. Cuban authorities have cut access to major social media platforms in an effort to stem the flow of information in the face of anti-government protests, a web monitoring organization says. He said power outages could impact telecommunications services and, "Cuba would never renounce the right to defend itself."

Source: CBC News July 14, 2021 07:07 UTC