{"id":426411,"date":"2010-03-14T07:52:18","date_gmt":"2010-03-14T11:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/?p=36715"},"modified":"2010-03-14T07:52:18","modified_gmt":"2010-03-14T11:52:18","slug":"venezuela%e2%80%99s-chavez-calls-for-internet-controls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/426411","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela\u2019s Chavez calls for internet controls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reuters<\/a>
\nSunday, March<\/a> 14, 2010<\/p>\n

(Reuters) \u2013 Venezuela\u2019s President Hugo Chavez<\/a><\/a>, who is criticized by media<\/a> freedom groups, called on Saturday for regulation of the Internet<\/a> and singled out a website that he said falsely reported the murder of one of his ministers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Internet<\/a> cannot be something open where anything is said and done. Every country<\/a> has to apply its own rules and norms,\u201d Chavez said. He cited German Chancellor Angel Merkel as having expressed a similar sentiment recently.<\/p>\n

Chavez is angry with Venezuelan political opinion and gossip website Noticierodigital, which he said had falsely written that Diosdado Cabello, a senior minister and close aide, had been assassinated. The president said the story remained on the site for two days.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to act. We are going to ask the attorney general for help, because this is a crime<\/a>. I have information that this page periodically publishes stories calling for a coup d\u2019etat. That cannot be permitted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Full story here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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