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NGO says more than 200 internet domains remain blocked in Venezuela

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Named sources Context piece
  • The Venezuelan internet-monitoring group VE sin filtro said 202 domains, mostly news-related, remain blocked in the country.
  • The group called on telecommunications regulator Conatel to end the restrictions, saying blocks should be exceptional and subject to judicial oversight.
  • Venezuela ranked last among 23 countries assessed in the 2025 Chapultepec Index of Freedom of Expression and Press.

More than 200 internet domains remain blocked in Venezuela, most of them linked to news outlets, according to the NGO VE sin filtro.

Arbitrarily censors media outlets, human rights organizations, social networks and digital tools

· VE sin filtroThe NGO described the restrictions it says the Venezuelan government imposes online.

The organization said the government "arbitrarily censors media outlets, human rights organizations, social networks and digital tools" that help users evade the restrictions. It argued that the censorship could end immediately if Venezuela's telecommunications regulator, Conatel, ordered internet providers to lift the blocks.

"Censorship can end now," VE sin filtro said on X, adding that only "political will" was needed. The group said any blocking should be exceptional, subject to judicial oversight, and consistent with the principles of legality, necessity and proportionality.

Censorship can end now

· VE sin filtroThe organization said Conatel could order providers to lift the blocks.

VE sin filtro monitors, measures and documents internet censorship. Its comments followed a call by about 100 media outlets, organizations and associations for stronger guarantees of freedom of expression in Venezuela. Through a manifesto, 38 media organizations and 63 groups demanded the repeal of a legal framework they said was used to "criminalize dissent" and called for Conatel to be transformed.

Political will

· VE sin filtroThe group said ending the blocks required only political will.

The Inter American Press Association said Venezuela ranked last among 23 countries in its 2025 Chapultepec Index of Freedom of Expression and Press, released in March.

Criminalize dissent

· 38 media organizations and 63 organizationsThe groups used this phrase to describe the legal framework they want repealed.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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