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naaman fletcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 02:11 PM
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19. Here you go...
Now, I am open-minded, if you guys can refute this stuff, please do:

A Reporters Without Borders report finds that Internet use is very restricted and under tight surveillance. Access is only possible with government permission and equipment is rationed. E-mail is monitored.<10> See also Censorship in Cuba. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Cuba

Books, newspapers, radio channels, television channels, movies and music are heavily censored. Clandestine printing is also highly restricted.<6> In fact, the Cuban authorities have called Internet "the great disease of The 21st Century".<7> While special permits to use Internet are available to selected Cubans, use of the Internet remains restricted for the vast majority of Cubans.<8> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_cuba

A special permit is required for using the Internet in Cuba. Internet access is controlled and e-mail is monitored.<8><11>
Two kinds of online connections are offered in Cuban Internet cafes: a "national" one that is restricted to use an e-mail service operated by the government, and an "international" one that give access to the entire Internet.<11> The population is restricted to the first one, which costs 1.20 euros an hour. Most can't even afford the 4 euros an hour needed to browse the Internet, as this is approximately a third of the average monthly wage.<11> To use a computer, Cubans have to give their name and address - and if they write dissent keywords, a popup appears that the document has been blocked for "state security" reasons, and the word processor or browser is automatically closed.<11> Foreign visitors who allow Cubans to use their computers are harassed and persecuted.<11>
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Of course, as you refute me, you might want to also correct Wikipedia's errors.
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