Social Media Accounts

Minister for Information and Communication Technology, Timothy Masiu has announced the online publication of names of 59 government agencies, each with their official social media accounts.

He said due to the recent increase in fake social media accounts impersonating certain government departments, the ICT Department has taken stock of Government website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter accounts, and YouTube channels set up by all public agencies.

Minister for ICT, Timothy Masiu in a statement earlier this week highlighted that the Department has not received approved government funding for social media management since 2018.

He said: “A Social Media Task Force was established in 2018 with an endorsement of K12.8m to address misinformation. Funding was never made available for this despite funding requests through writing and requests incorporated in Budget Submissions, over the years.”