Theresa May is not on Tory minister Matt Hancock's personal social network. Yet.
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Theresa May has yet to join Tory minister Matt Hancock's social network, the Mirror can confirm.
Downing Street did not rule out the Prime Minister joining Mr Hancock's newly launched app, also called Matt Hancock, in the future.
But Mrs May has no plans to set up a Facebook clone of her own.
Asked if Mrs May was a member of Matt Hancock, a Number 10 spokesman genuinely said: "The Prime Minister is in China so I haven't had a chance to ask her.
"We would support work by any member of parliament to better engage with their constituents but it is obviously a constituency matter."
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The Tory in charge of regulating porn on apps had porn posted on his own app
Asked if Mr Hancock, who is Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, had run the idea of launching his own social network past her before it went live, he said: "This is an app that is designed for his constituency as part of his constituency work rather than his work as secretary of state."
And asked if Mrs May would consider making an app of her own, he said: "The PM engages in a number of a social media channels. I think you've seen the Instagram output. I would refer you to it from China. It's excellent."
The spokesman would not be drawn on whether the Prime Minsiter runs her own Instagram account.
Mr Hancock launched Matt Hancock yesterday, and according to Labour MP Liam Byrne, users almost immediately started posting hardcore pornography on it.
The app's development team later introduced email verification for users.