The Guardian: Thousands march in Cuba in rare mass protests amid economic crisis

jim bell jdb10987 at yahoo.com
Sun Jul 11 22:18:04 PDT 2021


The Guardian: Thousands march in Cuba in rare mass protests amid economic crisis.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jul/12/thousands-march-in-cuba-in-rare-mass-protests-amid-economic-crisis
>From that article:
"Many people tried to take out their phones and broadcast the protest live, but Cuban authorities shut down internet service throughout the afternoon."

Jim Bell's comment:
While some people don't like the Starlink system, it might help bypass a despotic government's ability to shut off the public's access to the Internet during some critical protests. 
'Not liking' something presumes that you can evaluate the costs versus the benefits of a given technology.  Can that really be done, in an objective way?
I'd rather see a situation where a government can't even attempt to cut off the population from the world's Internet.
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