Latest update: 21/03/2012 

- French presidential election 2012 - Internet - social networking - Twitter


The Elysée gets geeky

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Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey paid a visit to Paris where he stepped right in the middle of the ongoing presidential race. The 'Tweet in Chief' made a high profile visit to Elysée Palace where he met with president Nicolas Sarkozy and then stopped by a pair of rival campaigns. Dorsey's visit caused quite a buzz across the web but most notably on, well, Twitter.

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