Ronald Jackson's GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES NOW: The US Has Always Told the Myth of Foreign Subversion — But the US Does It All the Time: US Creates 'Cuban Twitter' To Stir Unrest

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The US created a text-message social network designed to foment unrest in Cuba, according to an investigation by the Associated Press news agency.

By Sarah Rainsford
ZunZuneo, dubbed a "Cuban Twitter", had 40,000 subscribers at its height in a country with limited web access.

The project reportedly lasted from 2009-12 when the grant money ran out.

The US is said to have concealed its links to the network through a series of shell companies and by funnelling messages through other countries.

The BBC's Sarah Rainsford in the Cuban capital of Havana says the project appears to have taken advantage of the thirst for information on the island, where there is no independent media.

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The US Has Always Told the Myth of Foreign Subversion — But the US Does It All the Time: US Creates 'Cuban Twitter' To Stir Unrest

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