"How the sudden availability of mobile internet in Cuba makes these protests absolutely unprecedented, and gives them a ghost of a chance of succeeding.
Also, a summary of the crazy way Cuban internet works." #Cuba
https://www.thepullrequest.com/p/the-contrarevolucion-will-be-livestreamed
For example *this* is certainly not "US sanctions":
> Cellphones were illegal in Cuba until 2008
@kravietz
OK, but have you checked if that's even true?
Yes. Not only mobiles, but also personal computers were illegal before 2007, as "counterrevolutionary".
"President Raul Castro's government said Friday that it will allow anyone in the country to get cell phone service, a right previously limited to executives working for foreign companies or high communist party officials."
https://www.cnet.com/news/ban-on-cell-phones-lifted-in-cuba/
" The first legalised home computers have gone on sale in Cuba, but a ban remains on internet access. "
@kravietz
Ok, that's new information to me, thanks for the links. I agree that legal bans can't be justified on the basis of lack of equipment or connectivity. Will be interesting to see what difference access to computers and the net makes to people's lives in Cuba.
And then there's this wonderful 2004 Cuban ambassador in New Zealand explaining how they *have* to censor Internet because of satanism
A brief reminder: you yourself are right now enjoying Internet access unhindered by government on every single Mastodon instance you use, but you deny the same right to Cubans.
@kravietz
Citation please?