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> (Also if they don't create an "official account", someone else will do it for them) What do you mean? How would anyone not affiliated with a given government

• viraptor 6y ago
  They don't have to convince any verifier. They don't have to be verified. If there's no official account and you create an account with a reasonable name, reposting every post from the official feed, you can get significant following. A lot of the followers will not care whether it's official or not and may not question an extra information appearing on the feed one day.
• hyperdimension 6y ago
  Well, put it this way: why is Donald Trump listed on Twitter as @realDonaldTrump? If you don't snatch up your (organization's) name first, someone will surely do so for you. (Honestly not trying to incite anything by using him as an example; I just hardly use Twitter and he was the first to come to mind.)
  • messick 6y ago
    They own the non “real” one too, he’s just too much of a tool to use it.
    • cma 6y ago
      Probably acquired later and didn't want to lose his followers.
• tdhz77 6y ago
  Once a public official leaves office twitter should remove all followers to zero.