Filtering and censorship in Latin America has not happened yet. Cuba is the only country that has systematic technical filtering. In Latin countries, their main concern is the children and the spread of pornography. They seem to have the same worries that we have about pornography, protecting children from inappropriate info. Latin America has many more problems from the government and drug cartels. The people are guaranteed rights such as freedom of expression through the American Convention for Human Rights, but their freedom of speech is threatened by the government and drug cartels. It must be scary to know that drug cartels have so much power. People are beaten up, murdered and some disappear because of what they have spoken. Life in Latin America is not safe for journalist, I wouldn’t want to be one there, the perks are not good enough. There is no governmental filtering yet, but people have to censor themselves or else get killed etc.
In Cuba, the Internet was declared a fundamental right, but a right that is totally controlled by the government. What kind of right is that? The government restricts private ownership of computer hardware. People have access to the Intranet in public places called public access points.
In Latin America, defamation, hate speech, and disrespect for public figures is prohibited by law. It is a good idea to filter pornography, but killing people for going on the Internet is quite barbaric. The drug cartels have too much power.
