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Cuban Independent Journalism in the Face of the Uncertain Future of Twitter

14ymedio, Yoani Sánchez, Generation Y, Havana, 20 November 2022 — The winds of uncertainty are blowing over Twitter: massive layoffs, an attempt to charge for account verification, and inflammatory statements by its new owner, Elon Musk, have fueled doubts about the future of this social network. In Cuba, questions are also growing about a tool … Continue reading “Cuban Independent Journalism in the Face of the Uncertain Future of Twitter”

Cuba’s Official Press Loses the Credibility Battle on Twitter

14ymedio, Yoani Sánchez, Havana, 26 October 2022 — The neck veins have swollen, the messages have risen in temperature and the headlines of the official press have been filled with demands. The reason for so much tension is a little blue bird that has been tormenting the Cuban regime for more than a decade: Twitter. This time … Continue reading “Cuba’s Official Press Loses the Credibility Battle on Twitter”

Cuba’s Telecommunications Company Calls On Its Personnel to "Combat on the Networks" Against the Counterrevolutionary Twitter

14ymedio, Havana, 30 May 2020 — The Cuban Telecommunications Company (Etecsa) called on its employees to counter the campaign on social networks that has been called for this weekend to demand a reduction in prices for web browsing. The state monopoly classifies the initiative as a “counter-revolution,” according to an internal document leaked to the … Continue reading “Cuba’s Telecommunications Company Calls On Its Personnel to "Combat on the Networks" Against the Counterrevolutionary Twitter”

’Cubadebate’ Returns Discreetly to Twitter

14ymedio, Havana, 8 October 2019 — Cubadebate’s Twitter account has quietly returned to life. Last Thursday, 3 October, the profile published its first message in a new profile @cubadebatecu: #Twitter, we are back. #SomosContinuidad #Cuba The brief message was addressed to the zero followers of the newspaper’s account at that time, whose previous user was suspended by the American company … Continue reading “’Cubadebate’ Returns Discreetly to Twitter”

Imperialism or Twitter Trolls: Who’s to Blame? / Regina Coyula

Regina Coyula, 20 September 2019 — During a special appearance by Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel on the September 2019 broadcast of the talk show Roundtable, several Twitter users complained about a number of accounts which have been blocked on the platform. Many, though not all, were linked to the news media. The suspended accounts included … Continue reading “Imperialism or Twitter Trolls: Who’s to Blame? / Regina Coyula”

Official Twitter Accounts Return, But Not Raul Castro’s

14ymedio, Havana, 13 September 2019 — Twitter started unlocking some of the official accounts closed last Wednesday. At the moment, the profiles of Granma, Mesa Redonda, Radio Rebelde, Dominio Cuba , the journalist Leticia Martínez Hernández and the deputy and director of the National Sex Education Center, Cenesex, Mariela Castro, have recovered their activity. Among those … Continue reading “Official Twitter Accounts Return, But Not Raul Castro’s”

The Official Cuban Press Discovers “Freedom of Expression” Thanks to Twitter

14ymedio, Havana, 12 September 2019 — The Union of Journalists of Cuba (Upec) called on Wednesday against “the limits to the freedom of expression of Cuban institutions and citizens.” The complaint responded to Twitter’s blocking of several official media and other institutional accounts which is limiting those who, in Upec’s opinion, and trying to “silence the … Continue reading “The Official Cuban Press Discovers “Freedom of Expression” Thanks to Twitter”

SNET Administrators and Users Use Twitter to Demand Change in Cuban Law

14ymedio, Havana, 24 June 2019 — SNet administrators and users are participating in a Twitter protest this Sunday to demand that Cuba’s Ministry of Communications (Micom) make changes in the new resolution that allows the network’s operation to continue. The organizers have asked that messages be sent with the hashtag #YoSoySNet (I Am SNet) this Sunday, … Continue reading “SNET Administrators and Users Use Twitter to Demand Change in Cuban Law”

’Pizarra,’ a Cuban Twitter, Launches to Connect the Two Shores

EFE, via 14ymedio, Miami, 27 January 2018 — Pizarra, a new Twitter-like social network created so that Cubans inside and outside the island can communicate, is already working and will allow users themselves to moderate content. This was explained to EFE by one of the social medium’s creators, the young computer scientist Salvi Pascual who has … Continue reading “’Pizarra,’ a Cuban Twitter, Launches to Connect the Two Shores”

Twitter is No Longer the CIA’s, it is “Our Bay of Pigs of the 21st Century”

14ymedio, Havana, 15 November 2017 — Twitter is “our Bay of Pigs of the 21st Century” according to the journalist Enrique Moreno Gimeranez, who presented his book Manual for the Exercise of Digital Journalism on Twitter on Tuesday at Havana’s Capitolio. In the volume, the author criticizes “the malpractice of Cuban journalism on Twitter” which “has inefficiently used … Continue reading “Twitter is No Longer the CIA’s, it is “Our Bay of Pigs of the 21st Century””

Twitter Intends A Stronger Presence In Cuba / 14ymedio

14ymedio, Havana, 17 June 2015 — The microblogging service Twitter has expressed interest to the Cuban government in expanding access to the service from the Island, the US magazine Politico reported Wednesday. Given the lack of infrastructure in the country and the lack of Internet connections, the California-based firm asks that in the short-term Cubans … Continue reading “Twitter Intends A Stronger Presence In Cuba / 14ymedio”

Overthrowing the Castros with Twitter / Ivan Garcia

Barack Obama and the State Department aren’t stupid. But on the issue of Cuba they act as if they were. Their cluelessness is monumental. They should check their sources of information. The NSA team in charge of monitoring phone calls to and from Cuba, as well as emails and the preferences of the still small … Continue reading “Overthrowing the Castros with Twitter / Ivan Garcia”

Cuba Aspires to Create Their Own Twitter / Daniel Benitez

With the goal of expanding access and governmental control of social networks, computer scientists are working to create a microblogging service, modeled after Twitter, for Cuban nationals on the network .cu According to Kirenia Fagundo, named as leader of the project CubaVa, “Pitazo” is the name of this cyber initiative which will allow network users … Continue reading “Cuba Aspires to Create Their Own Twitter / Daniel Benitez”

Yoani Sanchez Says Google and Twitter Protect Cubans’ Freedom of Expression / Cubanet

Senior executives from Google and Twitter promised Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez that they would technological tools to protect the freedom of expression of Cuban civil society. The author of the blog Generation Y, in an interview with martinoticias.com, said that with her visit to Silicon Valley in California she established serious conversations with these social … Continue reading “Yoani Sanchez Says Google and Twitter Protect Cubans’ Freedom of Expression / Cubanet”