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  • November 19, 2024
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro this Monday instructed the National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) to ask the social network TikTok in Latin America to withdraw from its video platforms about

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro this Monday instructed the National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) to ask the social network TikTok in Latin America to withdraw from its video platforms about virus problemsfollowing reports of the deaths of two young people in the country from causes related to these issues.

“I have given orders to General Jorge Marquez, President of Conatel, to immediately contact TikTok Latin America in Mexico and give him 72 hours to recall all these calls from Venezuela. abusive, criminal problems“The President said on his weekly television program.

Maduro noted that the social network must respond within this period, otherwise his government will take “the strictest measures against this social network,” without disclosing further details.

The Venezuelan President indicated that two young people, aged 12 and 14, died in the state of Miranda (north) after one of these viral infections on the platform, without explaining the circumstances under which these deaths occurred.

This Monday, the Minister of Education, Héctor Rodríguez, called on parents and representatives to monitor the content that minors access on the Internet.

He believed that teenagers are “very vulnerable to this kind of provocation and that social media seems to reward scandalous behavior”, so he called for reflection and “seeking justice” in such cases, without going into detail about the problem at hand. cost young people their lives.

Last week, Interior and Justice Minister Diosdado Cabello explained that they were investigating cases of “chrome plating,” a problem popularized on social media, especially among teenagers, that involves inhaling toxic substances from aerosols, deodorants, paints and insecticides. . EFE

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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