The approach to the Signal's blocked in Venezuela because it is used to organize protests against the election of Nicolás Maduro. It is prohibited in Russia of violating the law against extremism and terrorism. Keypad lock lock the keypad to access the X, it was decided after the posts to be published by Elon Musk, against the President of the Spanish influence.
Signal can bypass the censoring
Nicolás Maduro was declared the President of the Spanish influence on the 28 of July of 2024, but the results of the Board of the National Election, was opposed by the opposition Edmundo González (commonly known as the winner of the United States). The counting of the votes cast is not yet made public González had received more than twice the votes cast). After the riots, with the deaths and arrests.
As often happens in these cases, the people using the services are protected by the encryption of the side to the side to avoid the censoring, but the government was able to block the access to the Signal.
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show the Signal messaging app website has become unreachable on multiple internet providers in #Venezuela, corroborating user reports of a disruption; the app remains functional with the "censorship circumvention" setting enabled #8Ago pic.twitter.com/n7HFiaUFQc
— NetBlocks (@netblocks) August 8, 2024
The Ban on the Signal, even in Russia. According to Roskomnadzor, the service is being used by extremists, and terrorists.
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show #Russia has restricted Signal messaging app backends on most internet providers; regulator Roskomnadzor states that the ban has been imposed to prevent Signal's use for "extremist" purposes; the app remains usable with "censorship circumvention" enabled pic.twitter.com/9vElNBgXgr
— NetBlocks (@netblocks) August 9, 2024
Signal confirms the blocking of the two countries. The president Meredith Whittaker suggested that the activation of the particularity of the anashkalimit of censorship in the settings of the advanced features of this privacy. The users of Android and iOS can be konfigurojnë is also a representative, TLS, but it's a solution designed for users with more experience.
Maduro against Musk
The access to X in Venezuela were blocked in 10 days. Musk has published a couple of posts against the Maduros. The latter claims that the owner of the social network hateful.
A few speculate in the country, this is how Maduro used the posts of Musk as a pretext to suppress discussion of the results of the election, and in order to prevent the opposition to the use of the platform. The president also warned the eu that the use of the Telegram, and WeChat, and in the place of WhatsApp.
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