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'Unauthorized' Dalai Lama on Twitter

11:11 PM Mon, Feb 09, 2009 |
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Update: It's not exactly a hoax, and the Dalai Lama's Twitter fan site is back:"Welcome to the UNOFFICIAL Twitter page of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Check back for news and travel itinerary."

Twitter microblogging-site employee Caroline tweeted,

bummed to discover that @ohhdl was a fake account. will try to get the *real* ohhdl to twitter. promise. ;)

followed by more details:

"everyone who's wondering why @ohhdl was suspended. the official ohhdl in dharamsala, india informed us that @ohhdl is an impersonator. sorry"

Story at AFP: Twitter suspends fake Dalai Lama account

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Micro-blogging service Twitter on Monday suspended an account said to have been set up the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, saying it had been created by an impersonator.

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, in an email to AFP, said "the account was suspended because it violated our Terms of Use regarding impersonation."

The account -- twitter.com/ohhdl -- was created on Saturday and attracted nearly 20,000 followers in just two days, a phenomenal rate of growth...

Here's the Dalai Lama's official site.

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