Cuba has accused Twitter of both starting and helping to spread a rumour that began on Monday that former leader Fidel Castro had died, suggesting that the social network helped spread disinformation about Castro’s passing by allowing the #fidelcastro hashtag to become a trending topic.The state-run Cubadebate website singled out one user for particularly harsh criticism, before suggesting that "necrophiliac counter-revolutionaries" worsened the situation by jumping on the story, and that Twitte [...]
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Cuba Blames Twitter User And “Necrophiliac Counter-Revolutionaries” For Castro Death Rumours
1/05/2012
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