Blogger sends uncensored news to Cuban cell phones

Cuban blogger in Spain, Ernesto Hernandez Busto, is sending uncensored news to about 1,000 Cuban cell phones daily — and exploring far more sharp-edged applications. The Miami Herald reports.

Eventually, said Ernesto Hernandez Busto, he should be able to send SMS messages to special groups: If dissidents are being jailed in Santiago province, he could text “Stop the repression” to all cell phones used there by the Ministry of Interior.

Cuban authorities cannot block the messages from the Cuba Sin Censura system, or Cuba Without Censorship, because each one is sent from a different telephone number, Hernandez told El Nuevo Herald.<(p>

The system is the latest evidence of how new technology, such as cell phones and the Internet, is helping to increase the flow of information into and out of Cuba, despite the government monopoly on the mass media and telecommunications.

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emily | 8:53 AM | SMS and Politics |
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