Nice little development in the realms of social media in the last day or so – the Dutch intelligence and security service (AIVD) has discreetly moved on to Twitter. A small victory for governmental transparency? Maybe. Needless to say, its only a one-way account, they send and we receive – but there are already signs on their Twitter page that one or other of the good (Dutch) public are trying to get their message across @AIVD.

As of today 1pm they have 63 followers. We avidly await the first message…..

 

I was wondering if this is some kind of a first. How many intelligence services have taken such a step? Anyone feel like doing a little online survey of official spook tweet accounts?