LONDON — Britain’s domestic intelligence service, MI5, is set to open an official Instagram account on Thursday, 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.
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.
The agency, once famous for approaching potential new recruits in discreet, shadowy encounters, began publicly advertising vacant positions in recent years.
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Historical exhibits from its museum, located in the basement of London headquarters by the River Thames near Westminster, will also be shared for the first time on Instagram.
The move comes months after MI5’s new director general Ken McCallum said he wanted the traditionally highly secretive agency to “open up and reach out in new ways”.
