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Claim 276

SUPERCOM opened over a thousand cases and issued 675 sanctions within four years.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement
SUPERCOM opened over a thousand cases and issued 675 sanctions within four years.
Field
action
Value
1,081 cases opened, 675 sanctions issued
About
incident 2013-ecuador-communications-law-supercom
Source
Ecuador's communications law has sanctioned 675 media outlets and journalists in four years
Publisher
LatAm Journalism Review, Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas
Method
outlet report
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
current
Source date
2017-06-25

Quotation from the source

1,081 cases against media outlets and journalists, of which 675 have ended in sanctions