President signs 10-day ban on Elon Musk's X for 'inciting hatred'

Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, has now been banned for 10 days after being deemed dangerous to country residents.

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The ban comes from Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who announced an order to ban Elon Musk's X for 10 days, which would sever access to the social media platform from local residents. According to Maduro's speech, which CNBC translated, the Venezuelan President has signed a decree ordering the nation's telecommunications regulator to block X after it determined the social media platform "violated all of the rules of the very social network Twitter, today known as X - all of them."

Maduro said, "And he has violated [the rules], by inciting hatred, fascism, civil war, death and confrontations among Venezuelans, [he] has violated all of the laws of Venezuela. And in Venezuela there are laws ... and we will enforce the laws." The temporary ban will give X enough time to respond to the recent change. Reports indicate that X has already become unavailable for users of several internet providers across the country.

This isn't the first blow to X from Maduro, as X owner Elon Musk said described the Venezuelan President as "Dictator Maduro," and accused him of committing "election fraud." In response to these claims, Maduro challenged Musk to a fight, saying, "Elon Musk, I'm ready. I'm not afraid of you ... Let's fight, wherever you want."

Musk responded, "I accept."

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