Secret selfie? UK spy agency MI5 to join Instagram


MI5 also plans to host online Q&As with serving intelligence officers and promote career opportunities on the Facebook-owned social network, which boasts more than one billion users globally, PA said. — AFP

LONDON: Britain’s domestic intelligence service, MI5, is set to open an official Instagram account on April 22, in the latest step by the country’s spy agencies to come out of the shadows.

The Security Service, as it is formally known, will take the handle @mi5official, and use the account to bust popular myths and reveal never-before-seen archive material, the UK’s Press Association (PA) reported.

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