Over 1 Million Cubans Evade Internet Curbs With U.S.-Backed Tech
- Psiphon software sees over 1 million users in Cuba per day
- Sites like Facebook have been restricted in Cuba since Sunday
Protesters outside Havana's Capitol during a demonstration against the government of Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel in Havana, on July 11.
Photographer: Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Images
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More than 1 million people in Cuba per day are using an anti-censorship tool supported by the U.S. government to evade government blackouts of social media such as Facebook.
Censorship-circumvention software company Psiphon Inc. says it has facilitated the transfer of over 600 terabytes of data from users in Cuba since Sunday, when many social media sites stopped working in the country.