Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., outlined steps that the Biden administration can immediately take in order to provide Cubans access to uncensored internet, amid ongoing unrest between anti-communist protestors and supporters of the country's regime.
access to uncensored internet, amid ongoing unrest between anti-communist protestors and supporters of the country's regime.his supporters to brandish weapons to confront the anti-government protesters and also shut off the internet to suppress reports of the recent protests and dissent.
Rubio said that now that pro-freedom protests have broke out, the Cuban regime has leveraged"its stranglehold on the internet to silence key voices of dissent, shut down the ability to coordinate protests, and restrict the capacity of the Cuban people to share with the world scenes of their brutal treatment at the hands of the regime."outlining the four steps Biden could immediately take in order to help Cubans, the first being providing emergency connectivity.
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