Seeing is believing. The dictatorship of Nicolas Maduro, a champion of the repression against the opposition in Venezuela, of the imprisonment and torture of critical politicians, accuses Facebook of exercising “digital totalitarianism” after blocking Maduro’s account for a month. Full Text -> MarketResearchTelecas

A Facebook spokesperson has confirmed the blocking of the account of the dictator Nicolás Maduro. “We have deleted a video posted on the pages of President Nicolás Maduro for violating our policies on disinformation related to Covid-19, which could put people at risk,” says this spokesman for the social network. Full Text -> MarketResearchTelecast

Venezuela’s government on Sunday accused Facebook Inc of “digital totalitarianism” after it froze President Nicolas Maduro’s page for 30 days for violating its policies against spreading misinformation about COVID-19. Facebook told Reuters this weekend it had also taken down a video in which Maduro promoted Carvativir, a Venezuelan-made remedy he claims, without evidence, can cure the disease. Facebook said it followed guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) that there is currently no medication that can cure the virus. By by Deisy Buitrago, Luc Cohen. Full Text -> TheGuardian

In assessing the most statistically anomalous group of abnormal activity users based on their extreme frequency of posting, a total of 175 authors with abnormally high activity in both episodes of social unrest are identified. Of these authors, 58% of these accounts, who were publicly sharing their geolocation, are identified as coming from Venezuela. Full text-> Alto Analytics