Cuba Disinformation Profile
From ADTAC Disinformation Inventory
Cuba Media Environment
Almost all outlets are state controlled and journalists are routinely harassed or detained for coverage not favored by the regime.[1] Cuba is ranked 171 out of 180 on the 2020 World Press Freedom Index.[2] According to the World Bank in 2019 61.8% of Cubans were using the internet.[3]
Fake Government Accounts
Activists allege that the Cuban Government has accounts that promote pro-regime pro-propaganda. The 200 accounts were found to have around 200,000 followers.[4]
fake Pro-Maduro accounts in Venezuela and Pro-Cuban regime accounts in Cuba endorse each other's content.[5]
COVID-19 Disinformation
The Cuban government repeatedly promoted interferon alpha 2B as a treatment for COVID-19 without evidence.[6]
- ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-19578348
- ↑ https://rsf.org/en/ranking#
- ↑ https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?locations=CU
- ↑ https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article243927322.html
- ↑ https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article243927322.html
- ↑ https://www.wlrn.org/show/latin-america-report/2020-04-20/covid-cold-war-trump-and-cuba-tout-their-coronavirus-meds-but-do-scientists