Runrunes

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Runrunes
Runrunes logo.svg
Type of site
News site
Available inSpanish
URLrunrun.es
RegistrationNone
Launched2010
Current statusActive

Runrunes is a news, opinion and analysis website dedicated to Venezuelan topics. The website was founded by Venezuelan investigative journalist Nelson Bocaranda.

History[]

Bocaranda has worked for several Venezuelan media organizations since his introduction into journalism. He originally had a radio show with Unión Radio titled Los Runrunes de Nelson and a column with El Universal known as Runrunes. In 2010, Bocaranda found the website Runrunes, carrying on the similar name of his other works.

Demographics[]

Runrunes' main visitors are from Venezuela, the United States and Spain.[1]

Censorship and attacks[]

Further information: Censorship in Venezuela

Runrunes has had multiple controversies with the Venezuelan government. Diosdado Cabello, a high-ranking Venezuelan official, intimidated a journalist of the website on his television program, criticizing their work.[2] In January 2016, Bocaranda was detained for nearly 2 hours at Maiquetia International Airport while authorities checked his phone.[3] On 6 May 2016, Bocaranda's Twitter account was hacked with the hacker attempting to discredit the journalist.[4]

Runrunes servers were disrupted from cyberattacks coming from Russia on 28 May 2019.[5]

Access to Runrunes was disrupted by CANTV, the state internet provider on 17 May 2020.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Runrun.es Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". Alexa. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Diosdado Cabello intimidó a periodista que elaboró una investigación sobre presuntos "patriotas cooperantes" – IPYS". Press and Society Institute. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Periodista fue retenido una hora y media en Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetía – IPYS". Press and Society Institute. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Hackearon cuenta de Twitter de periodista Nelson Bocaranda". Press and Society Institute. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Runrunes recibe ataques desde Rusia tras reportaje sobre las FAES". El Nacional (in Spanish). 28 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  6. ^ "SNTP denunció que Cantv bloqueó el portal Runrunes". El Nacional (in Spanish). 18 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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