"Cuba passes regulations criminalizing online content, further restricting internet access", 19 August 2021.

On August 17, the Cuban government enacted new regulations that criminalize the sharing of “false” and “offensive” information online, and grant authorities expanded powers to restrict online speech...

“... Cuban authorities are clearly seeking to bar the country’s citizens from expressing their discontent and accessing information freely online,” said CPJ Latin America and Caribbean Senior Researcher Ana Cristina Núñez...

The director of cybersecurity for the Cuban Ministry of Communications... said... the new rules empowered the government to document cybersecurity breaches, and said that “when... [perpetrators are identified and in the country] penalties will be imposed”...

Decree 35 empowers the state telecom monopoly ETECSA to shut down networks and services that transmit information that is false; offensive or harmful to human dignity; against... general welfare, public morality, or respect for public order...

Decree 42 obliges internet service providers to suspend... the service... of users who transmit such information...

Resolution 105 lists online offenses including the “dissemination of false news” and “defamation with an impact on the country’s prestige,” as well as “harmful diffusion,” which it defines as the dissemination of content that “incites demonstrations or other acts that can affect public order”...

CPJ emailed the Cuban Ministry of Communications for comment, but did not immediately receive any reply.