WIKI77th Brigade
The 77th Brigade / 77 Brigade is a British military unit announced in January 2015 "that will use psychological operations and social media". 42% of the unit will be reservists[1][2] As of December 2016 the unit consisted of 182 Regular and 266 Reserve personnel[3]. As of May 2018 it was comprised of approximately 200 Regular and 270 Reserve Service Personnel[4]. It is based in Berkshire[5].
In 2020 it was said to be working with the Cabinet Office to counter misinformation related to Coronavirus.[6]
Links
- wikipedia: 77th Brigade (United Kingdom)
- Former twitter: 77th_Brigade (archive.org)
- army.mod.uk (archive.org)
- Former facebook: 77thBrigade
- The Security Assistance Group, now the 77th Brigade Part 1
- Inside the British Army's secret information warfare machine, Wired UK, November 2018
See also
References
- ↑ Army sets up new brigade 'for information age', BBC News, 2015-01-31
- ↑ British army creates team of Facebook warriors, Guardian, 2015-01-31
- ↑ Army FOI2016/10962, GOV.UK, 2016-12-22
- ↑ Hansard, 2018-05-10
- ↑ Russian TV spies are caught at top secret UK army base: How Fake News team tried to infiltrate British psychological warfare unit, Mail, 2018-12-01
- ↑ The British Army’s Information Warfare Unit Is Helping Combat Coronavirus Misinformation, Buzzfeed, 2020-04-22