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Obama Busy Bee Idea or someone else?
The Atlantic’s analysis- US is using Social Media for regime change. Zunzuneo didn’t work out well, however it was a good a learning experience for them. Go back to 2014 TECHNOLOGY
The Fall of Internet Freedom: Meet the Company That Secretly Built 'Cuban Twitter'
This is what Internet diplomacy looks like. he United States discreetly supported the creation of a website and SMS service that was, basically, a Cuban version of Twitter, the Associated Press reported Thursday. ZunZuneo, as it was called, permitted Cubans to broadcast short text messages to each other. At its peak, ZunZuneo had 40,000 users. And what government agency made ZunZuneo? It wasn’t the CIA. No, it was the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, working with various private companies, including the D.C. for-profit contractor Creative Associates and a small, Denver-based startup, Mobile Accord. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/04/the-fall-of-internet-freedom-meet-the-company-that-secretly-built-cuban-twitter/360168/?fbclid=IwAR3n61ORDNStslfxWVJzQXQgDKNdBtt15mKTh3v6tHSonOMnL57hYyTw9sg