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− | In 2008, the US State Department, through its "foreign assistance" agency USAID, set up a fake social network in [[Cuba]]. Supposedly concerned with public health and civics, its operatives actively targeted likely dissidents. The site came complete with hashtags, dummy advertisements and a database of users' "political tendencies".<ref>http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2015/06/wired-world-2015/robot-propaganda</ref> | + | In 2008, the [[US State Department]], through its "foreign assistance" agency USAID, set up a fake social network in [[Cuba]]. Supposedly concerned with public health and civics, its operatives actively targeted likely dissidents. The site came complete with hashtags, dummy advertisements and a database of users' "political tendencies".<ref>http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2015/06/wired-world-2015/robot-propaganda</ref> |
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Revision as of 09:38, 28 February 2016
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Parent organization | US/Department/State |
Headquarters | Ronald Reagan BuildingWashington, D.C. |
Staff | 3,909 |
Founder of | Better Than Cash Alliance |
Subpage | •USAID/Administrator |
Activities
In 2008, the US State Department, through its "foreign assistance" agency USAID, set up a fake social network in Cuba. Supposedly concerned with public health and civics, its operatives actively targeted likely dissidents. The site came complete with hashtags, dummy advertisements and a database of users' "political tendencies".[1]
Related Quotation
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DFID | “The blind eye turned by USAID and DFID to the human rights violations and forced evictions that accompany the so-called development strategy of Ethiopia is shocking. These agencies give virtually unconditional financial, political, and moral support to the Ethiopian government and DFID currently spends a larger proportion of its overseas aid budget on Ethiopia than any other country.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> During their investigation, the DFID and USAID representatives were given first-hand accounts of human rights abuses but the agencies have subsequently claimed, and still claim, that these accounts have not been substantiated.” | Will Hurd | July 2013 |
Employees on Wikispooks
Employee | Job | Appointed | End | Description |
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Jeanne Bourgault | Director of Office of Democratic Initiatives | 1995 | 2001 | |
Jeanne Bourgault | Advisor | 1998 | 2001 | |
David Gordon | Regional economic policy and democracy/governance advisor - Nairobi Kenya | Spook - cover job for regime change | ||
William Macomber | Assistant administrator | 1964 | 1967 | |
Sally Shelton | Assistant Administrator | 1993 | 1999 | |
William Steiger | White House Chief of Staff | 2017 | 2021 |
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