CIA Joins Facebook and Twitter: Agency Cracks a Joke With First Tweet

In its effort to engage with the public in a more direct manner and to allow both the agency and the public to gain greater access to unclassified information, the United States Central Intelligence Agency has opened its first official accounts on popular social media platforms Facebook and Twitter.
"We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet," the agency's first tweet said.
More than 200,000 netizens followed the account within five hours, according to BBC. In a press release on Friday, the CIA confirmed the news of its joining social media networking sites. Its first tweet was a way to respond to journalists' and onlookers' curiosity while showcasing the agency's sense of humor. This naturally caused a frenzy among Twitter users worldwide.

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