PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Taliban: Social Media (19 October 2021)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment the Government has made of the role of (a) Whatsapp, (b) Signal, (c) Telegram and (d) other social media messaging services in Taliban military command, control and communications in (i) totality and (ii) the summer 2021 advance on Kabul; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by:
Darren Jones (Labour)

Answer

It is not Ministry of Defence policy to comment on intelligence matters.


Answered by:
James Heappey (Conservative)
22 October 2021

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