A 7.5-magnitude Venezuela earthquake blackout cut X for 48 hours after 1,700 deaths. Families used WhatsApp to trace tens of thousands still unaccounted for.
Venezuela · Politics
Key Facts
—The disaster. Twin earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 hit northern Venezuela on June 24, killing more than 1,700 people.
—The blackout. The platform X stayed blocked inside the country for the first two days, and rights groups say more than 200 websites remain restricted.
—The workaround. Families turned to WhatsApp and homemade websites to register the missing, tens of thousands of whom remain unaccounted for.
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