US Efforts to Create 'Cuban Twitter' Unmasked

The U.S. government is coming under scrutiny for funding a secretive social network designed to gather information on Cuban democracy advocates and help organize social protests. According to documents obtained by the Associated Press, the U.S. Agency for International Development – or USAID – allegedly funneled money through a series of private corporations to fund the social network called “ZunZuneo.” USAID and the White House say the program was a legal development project and not a...

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