Fresh reports claim Britain’s domestic intelligence service, MI5, is set to come out of the shadows and join Instagram.
According to the UK’s Press Association (PA), 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 mater.
MI5 also plans to host online Q&As with serving intelligence officers and promote career opportunities on IG.
The agency, once famous for approaching potential new recruits in discreet, shadowy encounters, began publicly advertising vacant positions in recent years.
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”.
“Much of what we do needs to remain invisible, but what we are doesn’t have to be,” he said in his first media engagement in October, after taking up the job in late April.
“In fact, opening up is key to our future success,” added McCallum, a MI5 veteran of more than 25 years.
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