The article elaborates on the various methods the government applies to completely shut off the country from the outside world; the account clarifies the true extent that is needed to achieve such an isolated state. The author of this Freedom House article emphasizes the comprehensive barriers that must be placed by the Cuban government in order to truly capture the severity of the past situation in Cuba. Similar to Chinese and Fahrenheit 451 censorship, the government in Cuba heavily regulates the amount of information accessible by the Internet, yet the length the Cuban government goes to is far more than both. Firstly, the meager 23% of the population that has internet is actually accessing an intranet full of .cu cites run by Cuban universities and government offices. This regulation is comparable to the Fahrenheit 451 regulations because the news outlets, television shows, and websites are all run by the government in the dystopian society as well. In addition to these, a 5 year prison sentencing is used to threaten anyone who connects to the real internet, and $1.50 intranet/$7 internet per hour access fees are placed upon citizens (average monthly Cuban salary is $20).
The article elaborates on the various methods the government applies to completely shut off the country from the outside world; the account clarifies the true extent that is needed to achieve such an isolated state. The author of this Freedom House article emphasizes the comprehensive barriers that must be placed by the Cuban government in order to truly capture the severity of the past situation in Cuba. Similar to Chinese and Fahrenheit 451 censorship, the government in Cuba heavily regulates the amount of information accessible by the Internet, yet the length the Cuban government goes to is far more than both. Firstly, the meager 23% of the population that has internet is actually accessing an intranet full of .cu cites run by Cuban universities and government offices. This regulation is comparable to the Fahrenheit 451 regulations because the news outlets, television shows, and websites are all run by the government in the dystopian society as well. In addition to these, a 5 year prison sentencing is used to threaten anyone who connects to the real internet, and $1.50 intranet/$7 internet per hour access fees are placed upon citizens (average monthly Cuban salary is $20).