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Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
Tue Jun 30, 2015, 12:02 AM Jun 2015

Assange was unavailable for comment...

The Internet, a Staging Post for Protests in Ecuador, Is Under Threat

Earlier this month in Ecuador, protests broke out in various cities across the country. The protests stemmed from the government's proposal to implement new taxes on inheritance and capital gains, as well as a series of other economic measures to deal with low oil prices and the appreciation of the dollar.

These protests, featuring high levels of civic participation, were assembled though the use of social networks, as 46 percent of Ecuador's 16 million residents have Internet access.

Twitter, with one million users in the country, is the network which sees the greatest amount of critical hashtag activity against President Rafael Correa.

During the demonstrations, at least during those in Quito and Guayaquil, problems were evident with mobile Internet services supplied by private service providers. People noticed the problem and came up with explanations ranging from network saturation due to the massive volume of users, to the use of signal jammers, which are illegal under Ecuadorian law.

Arcotel, the government agency responsible for overseeing telecommunications, has not commented on the communication breakdown.

https://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/06/28/the-internet-a-staging-post-for-protests-in-ecuador-is-under-threat/

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Assange was unavailable for comment... (Original Post) Blue_Tires Jun 2015 OP
I'll bet he was silent....~! MADem Jun 2015 #1
What, nothing about Snowden? truebluegreen Jun 2015 #2
Could the US somehow be at fault for Julian's silence in this matter? Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #3
What does Assange have to do with this story? TexasProgresive Jun 2015 #4
He's living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London (nt) Recursion Jun 2015 #5
And, I am living in Texas TexasProgresive Jun 2015 #6
If you criticized other states for something Recursion Jun 2015 #7
I just want some consistency from him Blue_Tires Jul 2015 #8
Lameass OP of the Day- 1st Place. 99Forever Jul 2015 #9
I wonder if this had to do with his request for asylum in France. n/t tammywammy Jul 2015 #10
In terms of income equality reorg Jul 2015 #11

MADem

(135,425 posts)
1. I'll bet he was silent....~!
Tue Jun 30, 2015, 12:13 AM
Jun 2015

His place at the table in Knightsbridge is only assured by the continued presence of Correa in power...!

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
7. If you criticized other states for something
Tue Jun 30, 2015, 07:29 AM
Jun 2015

and then didn't say anything when Texas did it, that might raise an eyebrow or two.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
8. I just want some consistency from him
Sat Jul 4, 2015, 08:32 PM
Jul 2015

Since he's so quick to shoot his mouth off about anything the U.S. does...

reorg

(3,317 posts)
11. In terms of income equality
Sat Jul 4, 2015, 09:19 PM
Jul 2015

the situation in Ecuador is even worse than in the US. Taxes on inheritance and capital gains seem to be way to address this situation. What exactly is your problem with that?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_equality

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