President Shimon Peres launched a new social media application on his Facebook page Monday, urging readers and followers to submit their questions to him, without specifying the limits to the genre of queries people are invited to send. It’s safe to assume they will be moderated.
The project, which sets a deadline of October 31, is called “You ask, President Peres answers.”
Peres’s office indicated that the questions with the most “likes” will personally be answered by the president in writing and/or video messages.
The application “creates a direct link between President Peres and people all over the world who are interested in the State of Israel,” his office said in a statement announcing the new initiative.
As of Monday, the president had just over 182,000 followers on Facebook. Throughout his presidency, he and his team have remained avid social media users, publishing pictures, statements, videos — and even a music jam titled “Be my friend for peace” featuring the nonagenarian — on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
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His online presence is dubbed “Peres 360,” which creates “transparency and accessibility to the president through social media,” his office said.
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