Cuban Defends Country's Internet Restrictions
Civil Liberties
Cuban Official Defends Country's Internet Restrictions
A senior Cuban official has defended his country's Internet restrictions, AP reports. Cuban Communications Minister Ramiro Valdes called Cuba's Internet policies, which include putting computers in schools but restricting anti-government material, both rational and efficient. He voiced concern about U.S. security measures and news reports that technology firms like Google and Microsoft have cooperated with U.S. intelligence agencies. Valdes also said Washington is hurting Cuba's access to the Internet while U.S. military and intelligence services use it to attempt to undermine Cuba's government. Internet technologies "constitute one of the tools for global extermination," he argued. However, the technologies "are also necessary to continue to advance down the path of development."
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Tech Daily AM -- 2/14/07
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