On Tue, Oct 01, 2019 at 09:00:03PM -0700, Razer wrote:
>
> A Twitter executive, responsible for the Middle East, has been exposed as a
> British Army soldier active in the ‘information warfare’ unit, dedicated to
> propaganda, known as the 77th Brigade, an exclusive report by the U.K.-based
> Middle East Eye outlet has revealed.
>
> There are fresh questions over the relationship between social media
> companies and western security states after details emerged about Twitter’s
> high-level staff. Middle East Eye revealed that Twitter executive Gordon
> MacMillan is a member of the 77th Brigade of the U.K. military, which claims
> to have “the capability to compete in the war of narratives at the tactical
> level”.
>
> The revelations come amid recent controversies around Twitter banning
> accounts critical of U.S. foreign policy. In August almost 1,000 accounts
> that criticized ongoing protests in Hong Kong were banned from the platform.
>
> The 77th Brigade is an amalgamation of two existing British military units,
> the Media Operations Group and the 15 Psychological Operations Group.
>
> “In our 77 Brigade … we have got some remarkable talent when it comes to
> social media, production design," Army General Nick Carter said speaking of
> the mission of the brigade at a London think tank.
>
> "We also, though, need to continue to improve our ability to fight on this
> new battlefield, and I think it’s important that we build on the excellent
> foundation we’ve created for Information Warfare through our 77 Brigade which
> is now giving us the capability to compete in the war of narratives at the
> tactical level.”
>
> There are also concerns about the role Macmillan is playing in U.K. politics.
> Investigative journalist Kit Klarenberg found tweets that showed hostility
> towards Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who has been critical of U.K.
> interventions in the Middle East,
>
> “Maybe I'm just being cynical/paranoid/worse. But @GordonMacMillan's tweets
> about Corbyn and Labour are universally negative and almost universally
> negative respectively,” Klarenberg commented in a tweet.
>
> Former soldier Joe Glenton, who was imprisoned following his refusal to
> return to another tour of duty in Afghanistan, and hit the headlines after
> attending an anti-war rally, also commented on the revelations saying “This
> is vital journalism. It adds to concerns I have had about the placement and
> role of 77 Brigade people in public life more generally."
>
> Both Twitter and the 77th Brigade claim that they do not have a formal link.
>
> https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Twitter-Exec-Exposed-as-UK-Military-Officer-Report--20191001-0013.html
> Rr
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