By Tony Connelly

Less than 24 hours after joining Twitter Edward Snowden has reached 1 million followers, aking him one of the fastest to do so.

The former NSA security expert opened his Twitter account 24 hours ago with his first tweet reading: “can you hear me now?”

The 32 year-old, who now lives in Russia where he fled to after sharing top secret files with reporters more than two years ago, goes by @snowden handle and has had his account verified by Twitter with the blue tick.

It’s an impressive feat for a former intelligence officer who has come close to the world record Read full story ›

Source: The Drum