Social Media: Monitoring
Commons · Question 74334 · Tabled 2 Sep 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 11 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Stafford
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
Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 11 Sep 2025
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...