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@Snowden Is Now on Twitter

• http://www.wired.com, ANDY GREENBERG

The former NSA contractor and defector joined Twitter Tuesday with the introductory message above. He described himself on his (Twitter-verified) page this way: "I used to work for the government. Now I work for the public." His profile uses the Platon portrait shot for WIRED's 2014 cover story, and also offers a shout out to the Freedom of the Press Foundation, the whistleblower-friendly civil liberties group where he serves on the board of directors.

In just the first 30 minutes following his initial tweet, more than 70,000 people had already followed him. As for @Snowdenhimself, he's only following one other feed so far: the NSA's. Stay tuned for some interesting tweet feuds.


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