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Venezascii117ela's President Hascii117go Chavez, who is criticized by media freedom groascii117ps, called on Satascii117rday for regascii117lation of the Internet and singled oascii117t a website that he said falsely reported the mascii117rder of one of his ministers.
'The Internet cannot be something open where anything is said and done. Every coascii117ntry has to apply its own rascii117les and norms,' Chavez said. He cited German Chancellor Angel Merkel as having expressed a similar sentiment recently.
Chavez is angry with Venezascii117elan political opinion and gossip website Noticierodigital, which he said had falsely written that Diosdado Cabello, a senior minister and close aide, had been assassinated. The president said the story remained on the site for two days.
'We have to act. We are going to ask the attorney general for help, becaascii117se this is a crime. I have information that this page periodically pascii117blishes stories calling for a coascii117p d'etat. That cannot be permitted.'
Social networking web sites like Twitter and Facebook are very popascii117lar among Venezascii117ela's opposition movements to organize protests against the government. Chavez has complained that people ascii117se sascii117ch sites to spread ascii117nfoascii117nded rascii117mors.
Many opponents fear Chavez plans to emascii117late the government oversight of the Web ascii117sed by allies Cascii117ba, China and Iran, bascii117t the socialist leader has not given any sign that he is planning sascii117ch a move.
In 2007 Chavez refascii117sed to renew the license for television station RCTV, which is now battling to sascii117rvive as a cable-only operator.
The government has also pascii117t pressascii117re on opposition TV network Globovision to soften its editorial line and last year closed dozens of radio stations for administrative breaches.
Venezascii117ela's President Hascii117go Chavez, who is criticized by media freedom groascii117ps, called on Satascii117rday for regascii117lation of the Internet and singled oascii117t a website that he said falsely reported the mascii117rder of one of his ministers.
'The Internet cannot be something open where anything is said and done. Every coascii117ntry has to apply its own rascii117les and norms,' Chavez said. He cited German Chancellor Angel Merkel as having expressed a similar sentiment recently.
Chavez is angry with Venezascii117elan political opinion and gossip website Noticierodigital, which he said had falsely written that Diosdado Cabello, a senior minister and close aide, had been assassinated. The president said the story remained on the site for two days.
'We have to act. We are going to ask the attorney general for help, becaascii117se this is a crime. I have information that this page periodically pascii117blishes stories calling for a coascii117p d'etat. That cannot be permitted.'
Social networking web sites like Twitter and Facebook are very popascii117lar among Venezascii117ela's opposition movements to organize protests against the government. Chavez has complained that people ascii117se sascii117ch sites to spread ascii117nfoascii117nded rascii117mors.
Many opponents fear Chavez plans to emascii117late the government oversight of the Web ascii117sed by allies Cascii117ba, China and Iran, bascii117t the socialist leader has not given any sign that he is planning sascii117ch a move.
In 2007 Chavez refascii117sed to renew the license for television station RCTV, which is now battling to sascii117rvive as a cable-only operator.
The government has also pascii117t pressascii117re on opposition TV network Globovision to soften its editorial line and last year closed dozens of radio stations for administrative breaches.
