‘The unblinking eye’: Boris Johnson confirms British citizens are 24/7 targets of government military & intelligence cyber ops
…."British Army psyops unit, the 77th Brigade – which maintains a vast militia of real, fake and automated social media accounts to disseminate pro-government messages, and discredit government critics – is “notably” key to reinforcing this purported “grey zone between peace and war,” according to the aforementioned ‘Information Manoeuvre’ handbook.
At a Downing Street briefing in April 2020, General Nick Carter, the UK’s most senior military officer – and former 77th Brigade Honorary Colonel Commandant – outlined how the shadowy unit was supporting the government’s battle against coronavirus, by “helping quash rumours from misinformation, but also counter disinformation.”
While the previous August an army spokesperson claimed that “77th Brigade do not conduct UK operations,” an official statement issued during the pandemic in response to a Freedom of Information request submitted by information warfare expert Emma Briant told a rather different story.
“As a UK government unit, they have two primary audiences – government departments and British citizens, as well as anyone else seeking reliable information online,” it said."
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/518508-boris-johnson-intelligence-cyber-ops/