Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ordered a 10-day block on access to X in his country after accusing Elon Musk of using the platform to sow political unrest following the country’s presidential election.The X ban comes after Maduro and Musk exchanged accusations over Venezuela’s disputed July 28 presidential election.Electoral authorities declared Maduro the winner but have yet to produce voting tallies, while the opposition claims to have records from more than 80% of electronic voting machines nationwide showing the winner was their candidate, Edmundo González.President Nicolás Maduro said he has ordered a 10-day block on access to X in Venezuela, accusing owner Elon Musk of using the social network to promote hatred after the country’s disputed presidential election.Associated Press journalists in Caracas found that by Thursday night posts had stopped loading on X on two private telephone services and state-owned Movilnet.”Elon Musk is the owner of X and has violated all the rules of the social network itself,” said Maduro in a speech following a march by pro-government groups. Maduro alleged Musk “has incited hatred.”TOP VENEZUELAN PROSECUTOR LAUNCHES CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO MADURO OPPOSITIONMaduro also accused the social network of being used by his opponents to create political unrest.Venezuela’s president said he had signed a resolution “with the proposal made by CONATEL, the National Telecommunications Commission, which has decided to remove the social network X, formerly known as Twitter, from circulation in Venezuela for 10 days so that they can present their documents.” Maduro did not provide more details about the process taken against X.X’s press office did not immediately respond to an email from the AP requesting comment. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has banned access to the social network X in his country for 10 days after accusing it of being used by his opponents to create unrest following the disputed presidential election. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)”X out for 10 days! Elon Musk out!” Maduro said.The president’s announcement comes after Maduro and Musk exchanged accusations over Venezuela’s disputed July 28 presidential election. Electoral authorities declared Maduro the winner but have yet to produce voting tallies. Meanwhile, the opposition claims to have collected records from more than 80% of the 30,000 electronic voting machines nationwide showing the winner was their candidate, Edmundo González.Musk used the social network to accuse the self-proclaimed socialist leader of a “great electoral fraud.”CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP”Shame on the dictator Maduro,” Musk said Monday in a post.Since the election, Maduro has expressed the need to “regulate” social networks in Venezuela.Maduro also denounced that the social platform was used by his adversaries to threaten the families of his followers and political allies, military personnel and police officers and to generate a state of anxiety in Venezuela.