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| President Obama gets his own Twitter account | President Obama gets his own Twitter account |
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| US President Barack Obama has just launched his own Twitter feed, the White House has confirmed. | US President Barack Obama has just launched his own Twitter feed, the White House has confirmed. |
| His Twitter handle is @POTUS (President Of The United States) and within 24 minutes he had attracted 100,000 followers. | His Twitter handle is @POTUS (President Of The United States) and within 24 minutes he had attracted 100,000 followers. |
| "Hello, Twitter! It's Barack. Really! Six years in, they're finally giving me my own account" is his first tweet. | "Hello, Twitter! It's Barack. Really! Six years in, they're finally giving me my own account" is his first tweet. |
| The President's official feed, run by Organizing for Action staff, has 59.3m followers. | The President's official feed, run by Organizing for Action staff, has 59.3m followers. |
| The account @BarackObama was launched in 2007, and the President initials tweets he writes himself with the letters BO. | The account @BarackObama was launched in 2007, and the President initials tweets he writes himself with the letters BO. |
| "The @POTUS Twitter account will serve as a new way for President Obama to engage directly with the American people, with tweets coming exclusively from him," reads an entry on the White House website blog. | "The @POTUS Twitter account will serve as a new way for President Obama to engage directly with the American people, with tweets coming exclusively from him," reads an entry on the White House website blog. |
| "President Obama is committed to making his Administration the most open and participatory in history, and @POTUS will give Americans a new venue to engage on the issues that matter most to them." | "President Obama is committed to making his Administration the most open and participatory in history, and @POTUS will give Americans a new venue to engage on the issues that matter most to them." |
| President Obama is currently following 65 people, including Bill Clinton, George Bush and @FLOTUS, the First Lady's account - but not Hillary Clinton or UK Prime Minister David Cameron. | |
| Former Pope Benedict XVI attracted nearly 280,000 followers to his English Twitter account on its first day when he launched it in December 2012. | Former Pope Benedict XVI attracted nearly 280,000 followers to his English Twitter account on its first day when he launched it in December 2012. |
| The account is now run by Pope Francis and has 6.1m followers. It follows eight other accounts, which all belong to the Pope and tweet in different languages. | The account is now run by Pope Francis and has 6.1m followers. It follows eight other accounts, which all belong to the Pope and tweet in different languages. |