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Chavez Uses Twitter to Intimidate Venezuelans

Venture Chronicles

I read this and realized that the social media industry has indeed become mainstream when thuggish potentates in banana republics are using Twitter to suppress and intimidate the citizenry. From The Associated Press: Chavez asks Venezuelans to tweet on speculators ]. Twitter should terminate Hugo Chavez’s account.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Despite the ongoing recession, I took to my kitchen table in 2013 to launch Digital Air Strike — an award-winning automotive social media and digital engagement company. I originally came from Argentina, and lived in Brazil and Venezuela before moving to the US. Thanks to David Wachs, Handwrytten ! #5) 5) Market Downturn.

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Americans are Better Off Without TikTok But Banning It is Bad Policy

This is going to be BIG.

If there’s one thing that everyone can agree on with regards to the future of TikTok in the United States, it is that congressional leaders have embarrassed themselves during the questioning of TikTok’s US CEO as the government considers whether or not to ban the popular app. Venezuela much?

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What Protecting Democracy and Saving Net Neutrality Have in Common

Austin Startup

Take a look at this cartoon (courtesy of Media Alliance) that explains it well. Related: With Net Neutrality Repealed, ISPs Now Have the Censoring Power of an Authoritarian Government Take the startup Shippo. Take, for instance, what happened in Venezuela. Before the people of Venezuela knew it, he had them in a choke hold.

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