Edward Snowden’s First Tweet: ‘Can You Hear me Now?’

“That sounds good, I think we’ve got to make it it happen”, Snowden said, to which Tyson replied, “You and I will be Twitter buddies”. Snowden remains a wanted fugitive who is still sought by the United States Justice Department. Rather hilariously, Snowden is following just one other account-the National Security Agency.

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, 32, is living a relatively normal life in Russian Federation, spending lots of time online and has now joined Twitter.

Twitter, which verified Snowden’s account with a blue check mark, published a GIF showing how many people across the world began to follow him since Tuesday morning.

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Snowden very quickly ramped up to almost 300,000 followers after apparently mocking a Verizon Wireless advertising campaign with his first tweet questioning, “Can you hear me now?”

His occupation: Director at Freedom of the Press Foundation, a non-profit “dedicated to helping support and defend public-interest journalism focused on exposing mismanagement, corruption, and law-breaking in government”.

‘And now we have water on Mars!’ he wrote.

The intelligence documents leaked by Snowden sparked widespread debate over privacy concerns and prompted President Barack Obama to impose limits on government surveillance.

Mr Obama has rejected calls to grant him a pardon.

The whistle blower in March this year said he was willing to come to the US if given a fair trial. “Right now, he’s running away from the consequences of his actions”. The film has not yet been released.