Even as Accel trumpets its coup, it is trying to escape Facebook's shadow.
Until three years ago, when it suffered its first coup, it was a rock of stability in a region lacerated by war.
Although there is no single definition of what constitutes a coup, it is at its core an illegal seizure of power.
Although a strong "resistance" movement sprouted to oppose the coup, it has stagnated with its leader in exile.
While the Supreme Court has dismissed charges against military officials involved in the coup, it has also used its authority to fire judges who argued against the legality of the coup.
For the grassroots organizations fighting against the coup, it is essential that the U.S. back up its words with actions.
Moreover, in what was a major coup, it hired former senior Google executive Hugo Barra to lead its expansion.
During the coup, it emerges that it blocked social media, a further example of its intolerance of free expression.
A PUBLIC-RELATIONS coup it was not.
But as a political coup, it worked.
If meant as a public-relations coup, it misses out.
