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Authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro on Thursday ordered the blocking of social media platform X in Venezuela for 10 days amid protests following the presidential election, which was marred by serious fraud allegations. The social media network used to be called Twitter, now X, has incited hatred, fascism, civil war, death and confrontation among Venezuelans, it has violated all of Venezuelas laws, Maduro said in a speech. Maduro said he telecommunications authority Conatel would block X for 10 days, though he did not specify when this measure would come into force. On Monday, Maduro