The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduroaccused this Monday, June 12, 2024, “the owners” of the social network TikTok -owned by the Chinese Zhang Yiming– to promote a civil war in the country.
«Look how immoral it is TikTokI accuse the TikTok executives and owners worldwide of wanting civil war in Venezuelato support fascism in Latin America and in the world,” said the president during a meeting with heads of state institutions.
He complained that the platform had suspended his ability to broadcast live. According to him, his broadcast was suspended after he had shown a presentation by the Attorney General, Towing William Saabon the violence unleashed in the context of the electoral protests.
“I want to tell the bandits and immoral people of TikTok that the acts of violence come from you, all those videos are from TikTok“, he replied.
Maduro He criticized that during the days of July 29, 30 and 31 TikTok He broadcast live “attacks on hospitals, health centres, schools, public squares, and town halls.” He also blamed the main opposition coalition for these incidents.
This complaint comes days after the head of state said that TikTok e Instagram They are “multipliers of hate” in the country.
He National Electoral Council (CNE), which says it suffered a cyber attack on voting day, has not yet published the disaggregated results confirming the victory of Maduro -contrary to its own regulations-, a silence that has been questioned by numerous countries.
For its part, the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), the main anti-Chavez alliance, published on a website “83.5%” of the electoral records that confirm, according to the coalition, that its candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutiawon the presidential elections by a wide margin. EFE
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