{"id":39305,"date":"2020-12-01T11:25:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T15:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=39305"},"modified":"2020-12-01T11:42:02","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T15:42:02","slug":"look-at-how-the-bloody-brits-are-spying-on-anti-vax-folks-with-british-elite-army-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=39305","title":{"rendered":"Look at how the &#8220;Bloody Brits&#8221; are spying on &#8216;anti-vax&#8217; folks with a &#8220;British Elite Army Unit&#8221;!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>British Elite Army Unit To Spy On &amp; Combat &#8216;Anti-Vax Militants&#8217;: Sunday Times<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>As anti-lockdown protests continue to rage in London,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/more-150-anti-lockdown-anti-vaccine-protesters-arrested-london-n1249261\">resulting in<\/a>\u00a0the arrests of over 150 this past weekend,\u00a0<em>The Sunday Times\u00a0<\/em>is out with a hugely alarming report that almost has to be seen to be believed given how open and brazen an example it is of the state using every means possible to crush free speech and independent thought.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Britain will literally use military intelligence to seek out and stamp out<\/strong>\u00a0what\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/edition\/news\/army-spies-to-take-on-antivax-militants-mfzsj66w2\">The Times<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>calls\u00a0<strong>&#8220;anti-vaccine\u00a0militants&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0related &#8220;propaganda content&#8221;\u00a0in cyberspace.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it&#8217;s entirely open to state authorities&#8217; interpretation as to what this even means, and will likely morph into\u00a0<strong>cracking down on any speech that&#8217;s even remotely critical or questioning as to the potential harmful\u00a0side effects of the new rapidly developed COVID-19 vaccines<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/lockdownlondonprotest.jpg?itok=thqYmVJU\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/lockdownlondonprotest.jpg?itok=thqYmVJU\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/lockdownlondonprotest.jpg?itok=FJeDMDIg 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/lockdownlondonprotest.jpg?itok=FJeDMDIg 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/lockdownlondonprotest.jpg?itok=FJeDMDIg 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/lockdownlondonprotest.jpg?itok=FJeDMDIg 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/lockdownlondonprotest.jpg?itok=FJeDMDIg 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/lockdownlondonprotest.jpg?itok=thqYmVJU 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img\" role=\"group\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/lockdownlondonprotest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"eb333bce-a5cd-410b-9ac5-abfdc6ba7f2b\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><figcaption><em>Anti-lockdown protester is arrested in London Saturday, via Shutterstock.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ad__wrapper-element\"><\/div>\n<p>This as the UK has agreed to buy more than 350 million doses of vaccines from at least seven global producers, and hopes to start vaccinating as fast as possible as confirmed cases continue to rise into the winter months.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Times\u00a0<\/em>writes that a secretive elite unit will be used as part of information warfare\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/edition\/news\/army-spies-to-take-on-antivax-militants-mfzsj66w2\">combating anti-vaccine content online<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The army has mobilized an elite &#8220;information warfare&#8221; unit renowned for assisting operations against al-Qaeda and the Taliban to counter online propaganda against vaccines<\/strong>, as Britain prepares to deliver its first injections within days.<\/p>\n<p>The defence cultural specialist unit was launched in Afghanistan in 2010 and belongs to the army\u2019s 77th Brigade.\u00a0<strong>The secretive unit has often worked side-by-side with psychological operations teams.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If this doesn&#8217;t sum up the British state&#8217;s self-understanding of its own immense power and control over citizens in the year 2020 then nothing else will:\u00a0<strong><em>the military will use psyops on UK citizens to enforce vaccine group think.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1332952726339252224&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fbritish-elite-army-unit-spy-combat-anti-vaxxers-sunday-times&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1332952726339252224\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad__wrapper-element\"><\/div>\n<p>But it&#8217;s not exactly that the UK military openly admitted this. Instead, it&#8217;s coming to light via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/edition\/news\/army-spies-to-take-on-antivax-militants-mfzsj66w2\">leaked internal documents<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Leaked documents reveal that its soldiers are already monitoring cyberspace for Covid-19 content and analysing how British citizens are being targeted online.<\/strong>\u00a0It is also gathering evidence of vaccine disinformation from hostile states, including\u00a0<strong>Russia<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And of course\u00a0<strong><em>&#8220;Russia!&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0manages to be conveniently\u00a0slipped in as the ultimate &#8220;justification&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; given the military must fundamentally frame its operations\u00a0as seeking to root out and subvert a &#8216;foreign plot&#8217; as opposed to admitting blunt suppression of citizens&#8217; rights and freedom of information.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1332677145534009345&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fbritish-elite-army-unit-spy-combat-anti-vaxxers-sunday-times&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1332677145534009345\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<aside class=\"newsletter-insert\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-insert__left-section\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>A follow-up statement to the reporting by the UK Ministry of Defence claimed the brigade\u2019s efforts are &#8220;not being directed at the UK population&#8221; but primarily at hostile foreign actors wishing to sow disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>Again, it&#8217;s amazing just how casually\u00a0<em>The Times\u00a0<\/em>reports this &#8211; as if it&#8217;s par for the course and merely another standard weekend news development in the creeping Orwellianism that is\u00a0contemporary\u00a0UK statism backed by the ultra-powerful military and intelligence communities\u00a0(or perhaps already long established?).<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/british-elite-army-unit-spy-combat-anti-vaxxers-sunday-times\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/british-elite-army-unit-spy-combat-anti-vaxxers-sunday-times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Elite Army Unit To Spy On &amp; Combat &#8216;Anti-Vax Militants&#8217;: Sunday Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}