Twitter Suspends Several Accounts Used by Maduro’s Government
- Accounts linked to Maduro’s presidential office, ministries
- Venezuela called Twitter’s decision a U.S. ‘media siege’
Nicolas Maduro
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Twitter Inc. suspended more than a dozen accounts linked to Nicolas Maduro’s government and Venezuela’s armed forces for violating the website’s rules, without adding more details.
Accounts representing Maduro’s presidential office and the country’s oil, finance and tourism ministries were temporarily suspended. Other accounts representing branches of the armed forces, including the national guard and the navy, were also suspended. An account for the country’s central bank was reactivated after a brief halt.