-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 It's news because it was a covert project, which USAID supposedly doesn't engage in.
> "There will be absolutely no mention of United States government > involvement," according to a 2010 memo from Mobile Accord, one of > the project's contractors. "This is absolutely crucial for the > long-term success of the service and to ensure the success of the > Mission." > > The program's legality is unclear: U.S. law requires that any > covert action by a federal agency must have a presidential > authorization. Officials at USAID would not say who had approved > the program or whether the White House was aware of it. http://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-secretly-created-cuban-twitter-stir-unrest Cheers, Michael On 03/04/14 14:54, Katy Pearce wrote: > I don't see why this is news. Many people and organizations on this > list are working on similar projects, funded by AID. The framing of > the article with Cuban Spring and all that was problematic. > > On Apr 3, 2014 6:09 AM, "Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes" > <alps6...@gmail.com <mailto:alps6...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > FYI > > http://m.voanews.com/a/ap-report-us-secretly-created-cuban-social-media-network/1885374.html > > > > -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. > Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing > moderator at compa...@stanford.edu <mailto:compa...@stanford.edu>. > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJTPWiaAAoJEBEET9GfxSfMMSkH+wWh1ti1YHSY/fPqT7ArHDfX 8eooWsrtALw477qYdLvJ/IhmCeRqKl4NHuq4zKUTg5ef51H2HNnov6LcEAUqF/s/ EFORym+pufe3WWUKho6/81VzhemlLHLsh0iC35EEElKQc6O6uMvSfKhAO3iLPgi+ ygXEEKRj1fNIdcZjPRcs9KSMfOGhz5C2XgLoPbDyCtv7viZ2aq8OqGqPo7ZfCKU6 289HXS0oucyOGdvBc1UdjAfdZSD4HLbCnc7Is6yFklVODZRfGNk5PiiU0Z7v/5C2 dJ+zP+U/aWyy+4vXS+R2f+rj9W0bDL/JP9OvaKHz8bPCtEZeCjk1JamPriFSQrs= =LNXy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
