With a “Can you hear me now”, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has joined Twitter.
“I used to work for the government, Now I work for the public,” reads his bio.
Can you hear me now?
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 29, 2015
He’s already making some high-profile Twitter buddies:
.@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
It was actually Neil Tyson who prompted Snowden to get on Twitter.
“You kind of need a Twitter handle. So like @Snowden, maybe? Is this something you might do?” asked Tyson in a recent StarTalk Radio interview.
“That sounds good, I think we’ve got to make it it happen,” said Snowden
“You and I will be Twitter buddies. Your followers will be: the Internet, me, and the NSA.”
Snowden is only following one account – the NSA. He’s amassed over 215,000 followers in about an hour.
I guess Snowden finally realized that it’s easier to say what you want to say with a Twitter account. I guess that’s what prompted him to join, I mean, he does have a big movie coming out soon.