Venezuela's Chavez to Limit Internet Freedom

terets1 writes: Reuters reports that Venezuela's leader Hugo Chavez issued a call on Saturday for "internet controls" to prevent rumors and inaccurate reporting from spreading. He specifically stated a case in which a website incorrectly reported that a senior minister had been assasinated and kept the story up for two days. Many of Venezuela's opposition movements use social networking sites to communicate. It is not apparent at this time exactly what kind of controls Chavez has in mind or whether those controls will be similar to the controls in Iran that have been used to silence opposition movements.