UK Defense Secretary to Investigate 77th Brigade’s Surveillance of COVID Lockdown Critics

UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace arrives to attend the government weekly cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London, on March 8, 2022. Leon Neal/Getty Images

Claims that the British army’s information warfare unit, the 77th brigade, monitored lockdown critics on social media platforms are being investigated, according to UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace.

On Jan. 30, in light of a new report from the civil liberties group Big Brother Watch, the UK government admitted that it monitored lockdown critics on social media platforms via its disinformation units during COVID but denied that it targeted individuals.