Cuba is pushing back against an internet task force organized by the United States that will probe the nation’s “flow of information.”

Cuba on Wednesday provided the top U.S. diplomat in country with a note of disapproval, Reuters reported.

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“The Foreign Ministry’s note asked the U.S. government to cease its subversive, interventionist and illegal actions against Cuba ... and calls upon it to respect Cuban sovereignty,” said Cuba’s ministry, according to the report.

The State Department on Jan. 23 said the Cuba Internet Task Force would convene for the first time in a public meeting on Feb. 7 in Washington, D.C.

“The task force will examine the technological challenges and opportunities for expanding internet access and independent media in Cuba,” the State Department said last week of the effort.

President Trump Donald John TrumpHR McMaster says president's policy to withdraw troops from Afghanistan is 'unwise' Cast of 'Parks and Rec' reunite for virtual town hall to address Wisconsin voters Biden says Trump should step down over coronavirus response MORE has pledged a tougher stance on Cuba and last year announced a new set of restrictions on travel and business intended to roll back former President Obama’s easing of ties with the nation.

The June 2017 memorandum detailing Trump’s Cuba strategy called on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Rex Wayne TillersonGary Cohn: 'I haven't made up my mind' on vote for president in November Kushner says 'Alice in Wonderland' describes Trump presidency: Woodward book Conspicuous by their absence from the Republican Convention MORE to assemble a task force “to examine the technological challenges and opportunities for expanding internet access in Cuba.”

The goal, according to the memo, is to make it “so that the Cuban people can enjoy the free and unregulated flow of information.”