Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 74334

Social Media: Monitoring

Tabled: 2 September 2025
Answered: 11 September 2025

Question

Gregory Stafford

ConservativeFarnham and Bordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, for what purposes government agencies monitor social media activity by members of the public; and whether there are limits on the scope of such monitoring.

Answer

Kanishka Narayan
Within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, the National Security Online Information Team (NSOIT) leads the department’s operational response to information risks to UK audiences within its ministerially defined remit which concerns publ...

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