The Cuban government has been caught secretly distributing a twitter-like App amongst the American people, to secretly monitor their conversations and gather intelligence. This is an outrage! Read all about it: npr.org/2014/04/08/300477959/was-zunzuneo-to-promote-free-speech-or-destabilize-cuba CORRECTION: Its the OTHER way around, as usual. No surprise. Ill quote: GREENE: Well, how exactly was the U.S. government trying to use this program? SWEIG: In this particular case, the idea is that social media has the possibility of bringing about political change. And this attempt was to measure and seize upon dissatisfaction by young people in Cuba with their government, and to gradually encourage them with content and other sorts of messaging, to create pools of dissidents and opposition activity. Whats funny about this is that in order to get this program up and running and to sustain it, the front companies actually paid the Cuban government-owned telephone company revenue for providing the connectivity that was necessary, in order for this quasi-Twitter app to function. So on the one hand, the Obama administration is working very hard to enforce economic sanctions. On the other hand, through this essentially covert program, is actually giving money to the Cuban government. Thoughts?
Posted on: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 11:49:54 +0000
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