<p>A bare-breasted woman in handcuffs, an online adult super store and a pornographic blog were among dozens of dodgy accounts followed by the prime minister among his list of supporters, community groups and wife Therese Rein.<br /><br />An embarrassed spokesman for Rudd admitted an automated program selected Twitter accounts for him to follow.<br /><br />"While the Kevin PM Team try to monitor the follow backs, with more than 900,000 followers this is a very large task," the spokesman said.<br /><br />To "follow" someone on Twitter usually requires a user to view and approve a profile.<br />Other profiles followed by the PM include a gay resort in Phuket, blogs offering sex shows via webcams and an online store selling adult goods, reported heraldsun.co.au.<br />Rudd is known as an eager Tweeter, using the medium to announce policies and recently the engagement of his son.<br /><br />About 900,000 accounts follow the PM on Twitter, while he follows about 200,000.<br />Young Media Australia vice-president Elizabeth Handsley said Rudd's questionable online companions highlighted the dangers of social media.<br /><br />"There seems to be an attitude with new media like Twitter that anyone can just get on and have a go without a problem," she said.<br /><br />"We need to understand the platform and know how it works before using it safely - this is an example of that."<br /></p>
<p>A bare-breasted woman in handcuffs, an online adult super store and a pornographic blog were among dozens of dodgy accounts followed by the prime minister among his list of supporters, community groups and wife Therese Rein.<br /><br />An embarrassed spokesman for Rudd admitted an automated program selected Twitter accounts for him to follow.<br /><br />"While the Kevin PM Team try to monitor the follow backs, with more than 900,000 followers this is a very large task," the spokesman said.<br /><br />To "follow" someone on Twitter usually requires a user to view and approve a profile.<br />Other profiles followed by the PM include a gay resort in Phuket, blogs offering sex shows via webcams and an online store selling adult goods, reported heraldsun.co.au.<br />Rudd is known as an eager Tweeter, using the medium to announce policies and recently the engagement of his son.<br /><br />About 900,000 accounts follow the PM on Twitter, while he follows about 200,000.<br />Young Media Australia vice-president Elizabeth Handsley said Rudd's questionable online companions highlighted the dangers of social media.<br /><br />"There seems to be an attitude with new media like Twitter that anyone can just get on and have a go without a problem," she said.<br /><br />"We need to understand the platform and know how it works before using it safely - this is an example of that."<br /></p>
