Facebook and WhatsApp Stop Working in Cuba After Rare Protests
- Internet access spotty amid government crackdown on dissent
- Covid-19 outbreak hit the socialist island’s tourist sector
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Cuba appeared to block access to some social media sites on Monday while dozens of protesters remain in custody as authorities crackdown on dissent following the largest mass demonstrations in years.
The privately-run Internet monitoring firm NetBlocks said that social media and messaging sites such as Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Telegram were being partially disrupted on the tightly-controlled communist island.