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SouthBayDem

(32,020 posts)
Tue Jul 13, 2021, 11:52 PM Jul 2021

DeSantis says he wants to provide internet access in Cuba to get around government shutdown

Source: Miami Herald

Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday he wants Florida companies to provide internet connection to residents in Cuba, as the island entered its third day of protests amid widespread internet shutdowns that have hindered the flow of information.

“What does the regime do when you start to see these images? They shut down the internet. They don’t want the truth to be out, they don’t want people to be able to communicate,” said DeSantis during a roundtable with Republican lawmakers and members of the Cuban exile community in Miami.

“And so one of the things I think we should be able to do with our private companies or with the United States is to provide some of that internet via satellite. We have companies on the Space Coast that launch these things,” he added.

Without providing details on how to turn on remote hot spots to give Cubans WiFi connection, DeSantis added he would make some calls to “see what are the options” to make it happen.

Read more: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article252759003.html

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DeSantis says he wants to provide internet access in Cuba to get around government shutdown (Original Post) SouthBayDem Jul 2021 OP
So now he likes Big Tech? This is just hot air. OrlandoDem2 Jul 2021 #1
DeSantis wants to broadcast Fox News lies to Haiti. mpcamb Jul 2021 #10
Yep MPCAMB! you nailed it. Fox 24/7/365 and no other websites! machoneman Jul 2021 #21
Hmm. The NSA will be sweeping in all of that traffic, as anything leaving US shores is scanned. TheBlackAdder Jul 2021 #2
And all De Santis has to do is smuggle in hundreds of satellite dishes... Thomas Hurt Jul 2021 #3
LOL! JoeOtterbein Jul 2021 #4
I can send him a roll of CAT 5 cable RainCaster Jul 2021 #5
+10 nt reACTIONary Jul 2021 #19
LOL! burrowowl Jul 2021 #6
The governor Deuxcents Jul 2021 #7
That is exactly what he's doing padah513 Jul 2021 #8
Unlike Trump, DeSantis is smart Polybius Jul 2021 #16
Please proceed, Governor.......... Sherman A1 Jul 2021 #9
I thought there were a few US laws which establish the federal government as the entity Ford_Prefect Jul 2021 #11
In Cuba: I've been beaten and starved and denied all human rights twodogsbarking Jul 2021 #12
repukes have been blocking internet access to rural America for years and now this? nt yaesu Jul 2021 #13
And Pray Tell... GB_RN Jul 2021 #14
Pandering Solly Mack Jul 2021 #15
This sounds like a pretty good idea... SKKY Jul 2021 #17
They (R) Will Say and Do Anything. ruet Jul 2021 #18
ronny ! monkeyman1 Jul 2021 #20

TheBlackAdder

(28,190 posts)
2. Hmm. The NSA will be sweeping in all of that traffic, as anything leaving US shores is scanned.
Wed Jul 14, 2021, 12:01 AM
Jul 2021

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Hey Cuba. Here's some free internet. Trust me. It's as safe as that spoofed Starbucks WiFi hotspot.

What's that old saying, "Beware of MAGAts bearing gifts."

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Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
3. And all De Santis has to do is smuggle in hundreds of satellite dishes...
Wed Jul 14, 2021, 12:05 AM
Jul 2021

and a way to hide them from the communist gov't agents and neighborhood spies. Oh and modems and consistent power supply.

Him and Mayor what his name should resign and become freedom fighters, soldiers of fortune and adventure.

Go down there and do an action movie plot and be heroes.

Ford_Prefect

(7,895 posts)
11. I thought there were a few US laws which establish the federal government as the entity
Wed Jul 14, 2021, 08:07 AM
Jul 2021

which regulates such activity across our national borders.

Maybe DeSantis has rewritten them in his own image?

GB_RN

(2,350 posts)
14. And Pray Tell...
Wed Jul 14, 2021, 11:34 AM
Jul 2021

Just exactly HOW we're going to provide said Internet access? 🙄

DeSatan is a moron. Excuse me, a moran.

Yes, I know this is a sop to the Florida Cuban-Republican vote. But still...

 

monkeyman1

(5,109 posts)
20. ronny !
Wed Jul 14, 2021, 06:32 PM
Jul 2021

the dumbist gov. now want's to help Cubans & America can screw off !! that would a nice campaign slogan -" HELP CUBA & FLORIDIAN 'S CAN FUCK OFF".
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