Edward J Snowden, former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, joined Twitter on Tuesday
His first tweet on Tuesday afternoon, “Can you hear me now?”
Can you hear me now?
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 29, 2015
According to Dan Froomkin of The Intercept, Snowden was prodded to join Twitter by Neil deGrasse Tyson, the astrophysicist and television host, during an interview on his “Star Talk” radio show. The interview unfolded “via robotic telepresence from Moscow.”
Edward Snowden started to troll NSA by following only a single Twitter account: The NSA
Snowden Twitter account got verified, and he shows his Twitter biography “I used to work for the government. Now I work for the public. Director at @FreedomofPress.”