ASIO joins Twitter with a 'dad joke', but is too late to snap up the handle @ASIO, which already belongs to a parody account.
More than a decade since parody ASIO accounts began appearing on Twitter, the domestic intelligence agency has decided it is finally time to join the fun.ASIO has rebranded and launched a Twitter account, joking about mass surveillance in its first postSome Twitter users criticised the agency's joke about mass state surveillance
ASIO's big reveal on Twitter coincides with a makeover for the agency, which has just launched a new logo and brand. For the first time in more than 70 years, ASIO also has an official motto, Securing Australia — protecting its people, as well as a modern blue and green logo. Several other Australian intelligence agencies are yet to formally join Twitter, but the current boss of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, Paul Symon,So far, the only accounts ASIO is officially "following" on Twitter are those of federal politicians, as well as several Australian and foreign agency accounts.
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