The Ministry of Truth? The Government, Police, & Media-Monitoring
7th August 2025
The Telegraph published this headline yesterday: ‘Exposed: Labour’s plot to silence migrant hotel critics.’
The report concerns a team from the ‘National Security and Online Information Team (NSOIT)’, based in the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology. During last summer’s riots, NSOIT was tasked with monitoring ‘concerning narratives’ on social media and flagging them to technology companies such as TikTok for potential removal.
IngSoc has arrived! Just a bit later than Orwell thought it would.