Should the Biden Admin Turn Cuba's Internet Back On?

[TheProle]

“They’ve cut off access to the internet," Biden said at the White House Thursday afternoon in a press conference alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel. "We're considering whether we have the technology to reinstate that access."

https://www.usnews.com/news/world-report/articles/2021-07-15/biden-considering-us-intervention-in-cuba-as-anti-government-protests-spread

If technically feasible, do you support this level of intervention?

Edited to add: I do.

[Maru Kitteh]

1. Maybe, but we should definitely shut Putin's off. nt

[obnoxiousdrunk]

2. Can the Biden Admin

do that ?

[TheProle]

5. Not sure.

I assume the admin either doesn’t know or doesn’t want to say if it’s technically feasible.

As to whether or not it would be seen as a provocation or run afoul of international law, I am not sure.

[Vogon_Glory]

3. I think I would

I think the Cuban situation is something for the Cubans to sort out. It’s not like the Cuban computer network is our creation (Cuba was on the other side during the Cold War) and I think the Cuban situation is for them to sort out themselves with the tools at their disposal.

[Mr.Bill]

4. Yes.

Except for Facebook.

[beaglelover]

6. No. We don't want other countries fucking with our

Infrastructure so we should not do it to other countries.

[herding cats]

7. How long would that last? What would be the ramifications?

I'm not of a mind messing with other nations infrastructure is a nifty idea.

[TheProle]

8. If Cuba is cutting off access as a means of covering up crimes against humanity

that is something that the international community should condemn and seek to remedy.

As for direct intervention in restoring internet, I guess it comes down to how you view the free flow of information in the broader context of human rights.