マル秘セルフィー投稿もあるかも？　英ＭＩ５がインスタ公式アカ開設

【ロンドンＡＦＰ＝時事】英情報局保安部（ＭＩ５）が２２日、インスタグラムに公式アカウントを開設した。（写真は資料写真）
　英通信社プレス・アソシエーションによると、アカウント名は「＠ｍｉ５ｏｆｆｉｃｉａｌ」。ＭＩ５をめぐる俗説を正し、これまで未公開だった資料の投稿もあり、また現役の情報局員がオンラインで質問に答えるコーナーや、求人情報を提供する計画もある。
　かつてはひそかに新規採用者に接触していたことで知られるＭＩ５だが、近年は求人情報を掲載している。
　ロンドンのテムズ川沿いにある、ＭＩ５本部の地下博物館に収められている歴史的な資料の公開もインスタグラムが初めて。
　伝統的に極めて秘密主義的なことで知られるＭＩ５だが、昨年４月に就任したＭＩ５のケン・マッカラム長官は、「新しいやり方で開かれた」組織にしたいと語っていた。
　英国の情報機関には、ＭＩ５のほかに映画「００７」シリーズの主人公、ジェームズ・ボンドが所属する秘密情報部（ＳＩＳ、通称ＭＩ６）や、サイバーセキュリティを担当する政府通信本部（ＧＣＨＱ）がある。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】

〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2021/04/27-14:44）

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 recuits 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 who oversaw all counter-terror operations around the 2012 London Olympics.
A 2018 parliamentary committee report strongly criticised the country's spy agencies for failing to reflect modern Britain and lacking women and ethnic minorities in senior positions.
The UK's spy network also includes the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) -- better known as MI6 and home of the world's most famous fictional spook, 007 James Bond -- as well as cybersecurity agency GCHQ.
GCHQ joined Instagram in October 2018.