ZunZuneo
Sign in to saveZunZuneo was an online social networking and microblogging service created by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and marketed to Cuban users. Following recommendations by the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba, it was covertly developed as a long-term strategy to encourage Cuban youths to revolt against the nation's government, fomenting a political spring. The service officially began operating in 2010 but ran out of money two years later. Because of its clandestine and subversive nature, it became a target of criticism.
Key facts
- Website.name
- ZunZuneo
- Website.logo
- ZunZuneo.png
- Website.type
- Social networking service, microblogging
- Website.language
- Multilingual
- Website.founded
- 2010
- Website.dissolved
- 2012
- Website.area_served
- Cuba
- Website.owner
- United States Agency for International Development
- Website.commercial
- Yes
- Website.num_users
- About 60,000
- Website.current_status
- Dissolved
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- dot-com company
- Country
- Cuba
- Headquarters
- Cayman Islands
- Official website
- zunzuneo.com
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- inception
- 2010-00-00
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Origins and funding
- Investigations
- Piramideo
- Reactions
- See also
- References
ZunZuneo was an online social networking and microblogging service created by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and marketed to Cuban users. Following recommendations by the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba, it was covertly developed as a long-term strategy to encourage Cuban youths to revolt against the nation's government, fomenting a political spring. The service officially began operating in 2010 but ran out of money two years later. Because of its clandestine and subversive nature, it became a target of criticism.
== History ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ZunZuneo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.