To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department is monitoring content that is publicly available on social networking sites using overt monitoring techniques.
This question was answered on 30th November 2016
In respect of media management and campaign communications, department communications teams monitor relevant publicly available social media content to evaluate the effectiveness of government campaigns. Departments are encouraged to follow Government Communications Service (GCS) Standards using the GCS Evaluation Framework https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/guidance/evaluation/tools-and-resources/