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 Venezuela’s 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 …