Cuba appears to have limited access from within the island to the nation's most-read Web site, Generacion Y, a highly critical blog written from Havana.
The author of the Web site, Yoani Sanchez, complained in a post Monday that for the last few days, users on the island get an error message when attempting to access her site.
I have always found it fascinating that each country can have its own laws regarding something that is supposed to be the World Wide Web. Understandably it is tough to regulate something on a global scale. However, valuable information and potential freedoms are being violated repeatedly by restricting freedom of the press and freedom to post on a global scale. This begs this question, in an arena without borders, is Cuba violating essential rights for citizens in the US by restricting this website for all to see, or just their citizens?
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