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: GamePolitics.comVenezuela: Violent Games Banned, Internet Censorship Next?
By pete_gallagher
As a result of a Venezuelan website falsely reporting the death of a senior government minister, the Internet has now draw the ire of the South American country's president Hugo Chavez.
The Venezuelan website NoticieroDigital erroneously reported the death of Chavez's fellow United Socialist Party member, and former President (for a day), Diosdado Cabello. The misreported news languished on the site for two days, further angering El Presidente, according to a Reuters report.
In what is perhaps the quote of the day, Chavez stated, 'The Internet cannot be something open where anything is said and done.'
The President continued, saying, 'We have to act. We are going to ask the attorney general for help, because this is a crime. I have information that this page periodically publishes stories calling for a coup d'etat. That cannot be permitted.'
Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on March 15, 2010 (boomark / email).
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