"The episode, "Inside CECOT," featured testimonies from US deportees who were tortured or suffered physical or sexual abuse at a notorious Salvadoran prison, the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism. "Welcome to hell," one former inmate was told upon arriving, the segment reported, while also highlighting a clip of Donald Trump praising CECOT and its leadership for "great facilities, very strong facilities, and they don't play games.""
"Weiss controversially pulled the segment on Monday, claiming it could not air in the US because it lacked critical voices, as no Trump officials were interviewed. She claimed that the segment "did not advance the ball" and merely echoed others' reporting, NBC News reported. Her plan was to air the segment when it was "ready," insisting that holding stories "for whatever reason" happens "every day in every newsroom.""
"Using a VPN to connect to the app with a Canadian IP address was all it took to override Weiss' block in the US, as 404 Media reported the segment was uploaded to "to a variety of file sharing sites and services, including iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent," including on the recently revived file-sharing service LimeWire. It's currently also available to stream on the Internet Archive,"
The "Inside CECOT" segment presented testimonies from US deportees who were tortured or suffered physical or sexual abuse at El Salvador's Center for the Confinement of Terrorism. One inmate was told "Welcome to hell" upon arrival, and the segment included a clip of Donald Trump praising CECOT's facilities. CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss pulled the episode for U.S. broadcast, saying it lacked critical voices and did not include interviews with Trump officials. The episode streamed in Canada via Global TV, enabling critics to share it online through VPNs and file-sharing services and archive sites.
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