I just discovered that No. 10 Downing St. (the White House with a British Accent) has its own Twitter! I'm not certain that this is legitimate, but it seems like it might be. It certainly seems like a great way for the executive to get their news stories out there, and just imagine, if Kim Jong Il or Castro had a twitters, we'd never have to worry about them falling off the radar. The real question, however, is this: Barack Obama did a great job of mobilizing social media during the campaign (including twitter), but will he be able to keep this up when he's in office? As has been widely reported, he's already being forced to give up his Blackberry and email, but might the UK's example prove that its okay for government to have a presence - if an extremely filtered and controlled presence - on social media sites and web 2.0 in general?
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