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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_and_survei... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Cuba give some specific details about censorship on the Cuban internet.

The only direct comparison to China is in the latter, which says:

> Reporters Without Borders suspects that Cuba obtained some of its internet surveillance technology from China ... However, it should be noted that Cuba does not enforce the same level of internet keyword censorship as China

but also:

> Rather than having complex filtering systems, the government relies on the high cost of getting online and the telecommunications infrastructure that is slow to restrict Internet access

You'll need to decide for yourself what "like" means.

If I read http://laredcubana.blogspot.com/2013/11/ilegal-satellite-int... correctly, satellite internet is illegal, and expensive:

> getting the equipment in and installed costs between $3,500-$4.200, paid in advance in Miami. The bills are generally paid for by families members who live in the US and it seems that the motivation is purely business -- cheap phone calls and Internet access -- not political.



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