Written questions

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...