U.S. Admits It Secretly Built Similar Twitter-Like Services for Lots of Countries
Andreas Eldh (CC BY 2.0) US Admits It Secretly Built Similar Twitter-Like Services For Lots Of Countries (via Techdirt) Following the revelations that the US had secretly attempted to build a Twitter-like service in Cuba, the US government has now admitted that it has tried to do the same thing in a bunch of different […]
US Admits It Secretly Built Similar Twitter-Like Services For Lots Of Countries (via Techdirt)
Following the revelations that the US had secretly attempted to build a Twitter-like service in Cuba, the US government has now admitted that it has tried to do the same thing in a bunch of different countries, some with more success than others. According…
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