Chavez Calls For the Regulation of the Internet

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has continued his campaign against free speech and the free press with a new call for regulation of the Internet. Chavez (like his mentor Fidel Castro) wants to control both the media and any public forums of information.

In his statement, Chavez warned “The Internet cannot be something open where anything is said and done. Every country has to apply its own rules and norms.” Chavez appears to be motivated to censor the Internet after reading negative commentary on the Venezuelan political opinion and gossip website Noticierodigi tal.

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