"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".
@kravietz
Citation please?
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.
