77th Brigade in the pandemic

Up front I would say that our role has been entirely in support of the heroic health care workers on the front line,
https://youtu.be/U6THYNgk8Ew

with humility being very much our watchword in how we give that support.
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/77th-...

Last year, Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir Nick Carter revealed that,
77th Brigade was involved in countering misinformation online relating to Coronavirus
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023...

The Army’s “information warfare” unit
Monitored covid lockdown critics
The 77th Brigade, specialist to counter disinformation,
and other online activity deemed harmful to the UK,
assisted other government units
Such as
The Counter Disinformation Unit,
was part of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS)
The Cabinet Office’s Rapid Response Unit, launched in March 2020
Social media posts were scrutinised for accuracy
Mail on Sunday (whistleblower)
t is quite obvious that our activities resulted in the monitoring of the UK population ... monitoring the social media posts of ordinary, scared people
These posts did not contain information that was untrue or co-ordinated – it was simply fear
I developed the impression the Government were more interested in protecting the success of their policies than uncovering any potential foreign interference
A government spokesman
Online disinformation is a serious threat to the UK, which is why during the pandemic we brought together expertise from across Government to monitor disinformation about Covid.
They did not target individuals or take any action that could impact anyone’s ability to discuss and debate issues freely.