Cuban government blames Twitter for unrest

Women using their phones in a street of Havana, on July 14, 2021. Cuban authorities restored Internet access on Wednesday following three days of interruptions after unprecedented protests erupted over the weekend, but access to social media and messaging apps such as Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter remained blocked for another 24 hours. — AFP

HAVANA: Unprecedented anti-government protests broke out in Cuba on July 11, which the single-party state leadership blames on a Twitter campaign orchestrated by the United States.

But experts AFP spoke to say that view is at best an exaggeration.