ZunZuneo: social app built to encourage Cubans to revolt against the government

ZunZuneo was a social networking and microblogging service that USAID covertly created and marketed to Cuban users to encourage young Cubans to revolt against their government. The service began operating in 2010, reached about 60,000 subscribers, and ran out of money in 2012. According to an Associated Press report, contractors funded by USAID used front companies and a Cayman Islands bank account to conceal the government's ties to the project. The network was reportedly designed to collect data on subscribers' "political tendencies" and to introduce political messages after building an audience with sports and music content.