With more than 2.5 million followers between @BarackObama and @WhiteHouse, Twitter is a big part of the Obama administration’s social media presence. So, it would be rather ironic if the microblogging service was blocked from White House computers. But, that’s exactly what Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said in an interview today with CSPAN. Specifically, Gibbs said that “for some reason Twitter is blocked on White House computers … I’m on camera enough that people have a decent sense of what I’m doing minus Twittering.” Why the block? Gibbs didn’t

say, but the answer would appear to be security, as a similar question was posed to an aide last month after a press briefing. While it’s easy to understand that The White House is especially sensitive to security, they did find a way to let Obama keep his BlackBerry, so why not find a way to make Twitter work? [via Politico ] Reviews: Twitter Tags: obama , twitter , White House

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