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When Ms. Stone was asked through Twitter why she was calling up the Centre Block of Parliament regarding the Twitter profiles of the Harper children, she wrote that she asked “for reaction for security reasons,” adding “I wanted to show what the account was like — it’s a teenager’s voice.”

The profile belongs to 16-year-old Ben Harper, a high school student who plays competitive volleyball and is reportedly 6’3’’ tall – about one inch taller than his dad. None of his Twitter messages are particularly noteworthy; a small collection of messages preserved by iPolitics.ca and Google’s web caching service reveal a shout out to a new teammate, a comment on his height and a couple of standard schoolyard gripes.

As of Wednesday afternoon, within hours after Ms. Stone’s query, the account was protected, meaning the Tweets are inaccessible to anybody not approved by the account’s owner. As of Wednesday night, Ben had 290 followers.

Last week marked the Twitter debut of Ben’s mom Laureen. Although the account only had five Tweets as of Wednesday night, including a cryptic “thank you” to Treasury Board President Tony Clement and two updates about the recent Maple Blues Awards, the profile had attracted more than 1,800 followers.