The organization VE without Filter reported that 177 web pages remain blocked in Venezuela. The measure affects the majority of media independent, including The National, Armando.Info, TalCual and The Patilla.
The National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) notified internet providers on September 17 to reactivate traffic. However, the measure has not been fulfilled completely and there is no additional unlock.
The news category stands out as the most affected with 72 restricted sites. They also remain blocked VPN anti-censorship portals (30), trade (25), policy (19), human rights (10), pornography (9), social networks (2) and other varied spaces (10).
Due to these measures, 20 information domains ended up abandoned by their administrators. “Some of the most important international and national media are blocked. How can we talk about elections if we cannot inform ourselves freely?” he warned. VE without Filter.
Among the disabled news pages are 2001, AnalyticsFake News Hunters, EsPaja, EVTV Miami, Impacto VE, Infobae, La Gran Aldea, NTN24, Punto de CorteTVV Noticias and VPI TV.
Likewise, organizations continue to be blocked IPYS Venezuela, VE without Filter, Vendata, Caracas Mi Convive, Medianalysis, Finance Observatory, Living Wage and Public Space. The petition platform Change.org also remains restricted.
“We demand that all websites be unblocked. Transparency with every censorship order issued in recent years. Guarantees that there will be no more arbitrary blocks,” the organization stated.
