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ZunZuneo violates international
telecommunications laws
GENEVA.— On May 8, during a International
Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council plenary, Cuba
warned participants in the UN sponsored body that
the undercover ZunZuneo operation, created by the
U.S. International Development Agency (USAID) to
promote subversion, violates the organization’s
constitution.
Anayansi Rodríguez, Cuba’s representative to Geneva
based UN organizations, denounced the so-called
Cuban Twitter, which functioned in Cuba between 2009
and 2012.
The
fundamental purpose of the network was to recruit a
large number of users, and later introduce political
contact via massive, unsolicited text messages,
promoting internal destabilization and ultimately a
crisis, Rodríguez said, according to PL.
She
emphasized that the operation violated Cuban laws
and those of the United States itself, including the
CAN-SPAM Act approved by Congress, which prohibits
the sending of unsolicited text messages.
Rodríguez pointed out that this type of activity
violates the ITU constitution, utilizing social
networks for purposes other than the promotion of
peace and international cooperation.
The
ITU Council took note of Cuba’s contribution and
called on all member nations to contribute to the
development of a climate of confidence and security
in the use of new technology and telecommunications.
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