The government’s spying agency tries to woo social media, then falls flat on its face

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<p>‘The gover me t’s mass spyi g orga isatio – the Gover me t Comm icatio Hea q arters (GCHQ) – has joi e Twitter, i a attempt to woo the p blic.</p>
<p>After E war S ow e expose GCHQ’s mass, i iscrimi ate s rveilla ce programme the orga isatio wa ts to clea p its p blic image.</p>
<p>A rew Pike, Director of Comm icatio s at GCHQ, sai :</p>
<p>I joi i g social me ia GCHQ ca se its ow voice to talk irectly abo t the importa t work we o i keepi g Britai safe.’</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theca ary.co/2016/05/16/gover me ts-spyi g-age cy-tries-woo-social-me ia-falls-flat-face-tweets/" target="_bla k">Rea more: The gover me t’s spyi g age cy tries to woo social me ia, the falls flat o its face</a></p>