Why don't we provide a small number of locations, the destruction of any of which would significantly cripple our government. I can't imagine who would find such a consolidation helpful to their goals.
Unless that goal is building SkyNet. Then it's really useful.
Twitter has too many prerequisites for it to be useful in a situation like this; you need a cell phone whose number is not linked to a previous Twitter account, with MMS capabilities and a network that supports it, or a computer with access to the internet, a usable keyboard and a browser/email client. It's actually just short of a miracle he was able to use a cell phone while in jail—most jails will only allow you access to one POTS call, and many times you do not have access to the keypad while you are using it.
There needs to exist a service that will accept incoming vocal transmissions, transcribe them, then post them on Twitter.
Problem: Guns kill people
Solution: Revoke the 2nd Amendment and ban guns!
Problem: Humans are the weakest link in computer security.
Solution: Outlaw people.
I personally gave up on using Linux for my main PC a 2 years ago.
Quitter.
(Plus if you google Rupert, he's beaten to first place by a ginger wizard.)
This only means he's good at staying out of the public's eye (and out of the scope of their wrath).
Most people get angry at people like Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh and others for saying ignorant, racist, elitist things on the airwaves, while those who really influence public opinion the most never get a second look.
"This generation may be the one that will face Armageddon." -- Ronald Reagan, "People" magazine, December 26, 1985