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Edward Snowden joins Twitter, gets lakhs of followers

September 29, 2015 by RAJ KIRAN Leave a Comment

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Snowden on Twitter

American whistleblower Edward Snowden has joined Twitter and has been an instant hit on the micro-blogging site. The only account that Snowden is following is that of his former employer National Security Agency (NSA), the intelligence organization of the United States. Edward Snowden had leaked classified documents of the NSA in 2013.

Snowden’s first tweet – Can you hear me now? has been retweeted over 37,000 times and his account has over 3,00,000 followers till last updated. The number of followers increased by thousands every time we refreshed Snowden’s Twitter page.

Can you hear me now?

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 29, 2015

Snowden’s Twitter bio reads: I used to work for the government. Now I work for the public. Director at @FreedomofPress.

Snowden’s first tweet Can you hear me now? looked like a jab at the NSA. While another tweet taunted NSA thus: Meanwhile, a thousand people at Fort Meade just opened Twitter.

Meanwhile, a thousand people at Fort Meade just opened Twitter.

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 29, 2015

Fort George G. Meade is the headquarters of the America’s National Security Agency (NSA) and also US cyber command.

More from Snowden’s Tweets

 

.@neiltyson, @DanielEllsberg told me #labels never stopped progress. Neither in 1776 nor today. [2/2] pic.twitter.com/CzRZ6ur6xc

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 29, 2015

.@neiltyson Thanks for the welcome. And now we've got water on Mars! Do you think they check passports at the border? Asking for a friend.

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 29, 2015

.@neiltyson Surveillance never sleeps, and secret projects @FreedomofPress are keeping me busy, but I still find time for cat pictures.

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 29, 2015

Meanwhile, a thousand people at Fort Meade just opened Twitter.

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 29, 2015

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