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Twitter Launches @Gov Account for Tracking Civic Engagement
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Twitter unveiled its own @gov account on Thursday, an account that will track "creative and effective uses of Twitter for civic engagement."
The account will be managed by the social media website's government and politics team. It debuted with the tweet below around noon on Thursday and has already amassed more than 450 followers in its first day. Its description notes that any retweets or examples mentioned by the account do not equal political endorsements.
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