Cuba censors camera-phones

Wednesday, January 14, 2004

HAVANA, Cuba: According to reports in the British media, a British couple on a Caribbean cruise tried to take their camera-phone ashore when their cruise ship docked at Havana in Cuba. 

However, once the customs officials spotted that they were carrying a camera-phone, they were strongly advised to take the device back to their cabin and swap it for an ordinary (digital) camera.

Asking around afterwards, they discovered that the Castro regime is worried that tourists might photograph something they shouldn't and send it back home before the authorities had the chance to censor it.  

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