Organizational Capacity and Resources
The report by the Stanford Internet Observatory that analysis accounts taken down by Twitter
in 2020 identified that some of them belonged to content creators, social media influencers and
journalists. The study indicated that Q’Hubo (@qhubochano) and other television networks,
for instance, post pro-government content “in exchange for tax write-offs” (Cryst & García
Camargo, 2020).
As regards operations managed by Archimedes Group, Facebook identified that the company
spent $812,000 to promote content in targeted countries between 2012 and 2019, however, it
remains unknown how much of the that budget corresponds to the operation in Honduras nor
who was the client that paid for it (@DFRLab, 2019). As regards the accounts taken down in
July, Facebook informed that in total they spent $23,000 on ads paid in US dollars and local
currency (Facebook, 2019).
Table 3: Cyber Troop Capacity in Honduras
Team Size
Resources
Spent Activity Levels
(USD)
Temporary
Coordination
Centralised
Capacity
Measure
Low
Source: Authors’ evaluations based on data collected. Blank spaces indicate no evidence was found.
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