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Twitter Blocks Accounts of Raul Castro, Cuban State-Run Media

Reuters

   HAVANA - U.S. social media company Twitter Inc. has blocked the
   accounts of Cuban Communist Party Leader Raul Castro, his daughter
   Mariela Castro and Cuba's top state-run media outlets, a move the Cuban
   Union of Journalists denounced as "massive censorship."

   Dozens of accounts of journalists for Cuban state-run media as well as
   the official account for the Communications Ministry were also blocked
   in the crackdown late Wednesday.

   Asked to comment on the suspensions, a Twitter spokesman said that the
   company's platform manipulation policies prohibit users artificially
   amplifying or disrupting conversations by using multiple accounts.

   The Cuban Union of Journalists said Twitter had suspended individual
   accounts in the past that had been recovered.

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