Edward Snowden joins Twitter with jokes aplenty

US whistleblower pokes fun at former bosses on micro-blogging site

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Whistleblower Edward Snowden has joined Twitter, kicking off with humour aplenty.

The 32-year-old has already amassed nearly one million followers, but the only account he is following is that of his former employer, the US National Security Agency (NSA). In his first tweet, he posted: "Can you hear me now?" in an apparent dig at his former bosses.

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