Cuba says US created other 'Cuban Twitter' projects

HAVANA - Cuba said on Sunday the United States continues to use social media to "subvert" the island's government and that the revelation this week of a US-created, Twitter-like service for Cuba was just one of several examples.
The US government has admitted it created a social media network called ZunZuneo, which takes its name from Cuban slang for the tweet of a hummingbird. It was revealed in a report by the Associated Press, which said ZunZuneo snared cell phone users to build a network whose goals included mobilizing demonstrations.

White House Says ‘Cuban Twitter’ Not Secret US Plot

The White House has said a Twitter-like social media service created by the US government for Cubans was a development program, not a covert operation.
"Suggestions that this was a covert program are wrong. Congress funds democracy programming for Cuba to help empower Cubans to access more information and to strengthen civil society," White House spokesman Jay Carney said Thursday, adding that outlays for the project had been debated and approved by Congress.
An investigation by the Associated Press revealed Thursday that the US concealed its links to the project, which was apparently aimed at fomenting unrest on the communist-led island.

Cuba : les Etats-Unis auraient financé un réseau social pour déstabiliser le régime

Baptisé ZunZuneo, ce réseau utilisait le même principe que Twitter, qui permet d'échanger informations et opinions.

Des méthodes dignes de la Guerre froide à l'heure des réseaux sociaux. Les Etats-Unis auraient financé et mis sur pied le réseau social ZunZuneo pour alimenter la contestation du régime communiste des frères Castro à Cuba, indique l'agence de presse américaine AP (article en anglais).

Lancé en 2010, le projet ZunZuneo, "Twitter cubain", a été financé grâce à des montages financiers (une société-écran et des financements via des banques étrangères). Mais, selon AP, c'est bien l'Agence des Etats-Unis pour le développement international (Usaid) qui soutenait ZunZuneo, sans que les Cubains en soient informés.