{"id":2716,"date":"2020-09-11T21:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T21:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=2716"},"modified":"2020-09-12T07:39:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T07:39:37","slug":"russia-condemns-google-blocking-of-cuban-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/russia-condemns-google-blocking-of-cuban-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia condemns Google blocking of Cuban accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-image.jpg?resize=300%2C249&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2717\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russian Federation\u2019s Foreign Ministry recently denounced Google\u2019s blocking of this newspaper\u2019s account and those of other Cuban news media by the U.S. digital media conglomerate Google.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe blocking of Granma newspaper, Mesa Redonda (television program) and&nbsp;Cubavisi\u00f3n Internacional, on the part of the U.S. company this past August 20, is arbitrary, with an openly restrictive character, and moreover, violates widely accepted democratic principles, limiting the right to access information,\u201d stated the Russian Foreign Ministry\u2019s spokesperson, Maria Zajarova, who added that the actions were spuriously based \u201con an accusation that they had violated the law regarding exports to the United States,\u201d Sputnik reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On August 22, the Google company re-established Granma\u2019s YouTube account, as well as those of other Cuban news services, without offering any explanation of its actions. (R.C.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Granma<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian Federation\u2019s Foreign Ministry recently denounced Google\u2019s blocking of this newspaper\u2019s account and those of other Cuban news media by the U.S. digital media<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/russia-condemns-google-blocking-of-cuban-accounts\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101011,"featured_media":2720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cuba"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8034,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/the-eu-blocking-statute\/","url_meta":{"origin":2716,"position":0},"title":"The EU Blocking Statute","author":"Editorial Team","date":"March 29, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The EU Blocking Statute, designed to protect EU companies from the extraterritorial effects of certain U.S. sanctions laws, also applies to the EU banking system. 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