The U.S. governments latest attempt to topple Cuba using social media is just the tip of the iceberg, but whats really interesting is how connects to the Ukrainian crisis. On April 2nd the Associated Press released an report exposing how the U.S. government recently attempted to topple the Cuban government yet again. This time the plot hinged on the creation of a communications network called ZunZuneo which was essentially a primitive version of Twitter. The plan, which was cooked up by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. State Department, was to build up a large following of users and then push them towards revolt. The network was built using shell companies and financed through a foreign bank to hide their connection to Washington. The Obama administration defended the program saying that it had disclosed the initiative to Congress. Of course we all know that attempting to topple a foreign government is perfectly fine as long as you let congress know a bit in advance.
Posted on: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 07:42:04 +0000
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