Submitted by Paul White on Tuesday 31st October 2023
Published on Thursday 9th November 2023
Current status: Open
Open until: Thursday 9th May 2024
Current Signatures: 2,761
(count is updated approximately hourly)
Relevant Departments
Make it unlawful for Government business to be conducted by private message apps
To make it unlawful for Ministers and Civil Servants to conduct official Government business using private messages apps, such as WhatApp. All Government business should be conducted through secure Government messaging services which are backed up and accessible when lawfully required.
The Covid Inquiry has made it apparent that much communication between Ministers and Civil Servants has been conducted via WhatsApp. This should be of concern in relation to security. It has also become apparent that some have sought to prevent WhatsApp messages being discoverable. This undermines democratic accountability. All official business should therefore be conducted by official messaging apps, which are backed up and properly discoverable by a court or public enquiry.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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