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Twitter exec for Middle East is also part-time British army 'psyops' officer

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Post by onion2k »

krona wrote: post #8
noego wrote: post #6

This is a conflict of interest, which should erode the trust that anyone would have on twitter. The man is simultaneously responsible for editorial decisions, while also serving in a brigade that "uses social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram and Facebook ... to wage what the head of the UK military describes as “information warfare”. Imagine finding out that the executive in charge of editorial decisions fo…

As far as I'm aware, nobody is using Twitter as a reputable source of information.

Millions of people believe they are.

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Post by aezakmi »

krona wrote: post #8
noego wrote: post #6

This is a conflict of interest, which should erode the trust that anyone would have on twitter. The man is simultaneously responsible for editorial decisions, while also serving in a brigade that "uses social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram and Facebook ... to wage what the head of the UK military describes as “information warfare”. Imagine finding out that the executive in charge of editorial decisions fo…

As far as I'm aware, nobody is using Twitter as a reputable source of information.

Imagine believing this.

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Post by bigYahnz »

noego wrote: post #6

This is a conflict of interest, which should erode the trust that anyone would have on twitter. The man is simultaneously responsible for editorial decisions, while also serving in a brigade that "uses social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram and Facebook ... to wage what the head of the UK military describes as “information warfare”. Imagine finding out that the executive in charge of editorial decisions fo…

Don't pretty much all these companies have some pretty questionable ties to governments? Faceberg had CIA funding(Q-Tel), right around the time they shut down a software project which had similar goals, no?

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Post by KineticLensman »

johnnybaptist wrote: post #15

"His involvement with the 77th Brigade was made public when he disclosed it on his page at LinkedIn, the online professional networking site." Doxing yourself on Linkedin seems like a pretty amateur psyops move.

Not the only amateur thing...

> "The identities of the Twitter accounts which the 77th Brigade uses for engagement and communication remain unclear, however: the unit’s acknowledged account has been locked since it was hacked earlier this year, with the result that only approved followers can see its tweets."

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Post by leroy_masochist »

One thing that mystifies me is why the general population thinks that uniformed PsyOps people are like a real-life version of Kilgrave from Jessica Jones. They're basically the military's version of PR reps; most of their time is spent doing stuff like making fliers and taking photos of bags of rice being handed out. Maybe once in a while they get to blast Slayer at a building of holed-up insurgents. Meanwhile all the HN comments treating this guy like he's using Twitter as a cover to put LSD in the Saudis' water supply or some shit.

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Post by mieseratte »

johnnybaptist wrote: post #15

"His involvement with the 77th Brigade was made public when he disclosed it on his page at LinkedIn, the online professional networking site." Doxing yourself on Linkedin seems like a pretty amateur psyops move.

Why would it be a poor idea? Unless he is actively a part of clandestine operations and units there is nothing materially damaging about this. No more than, say, folks like Chris Kyle, Dan Crenshaw, or Jocko Willink revealing they were SEALs.

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Post by chrisseaton »

johnnybaptist wrote: post #15

"His involvement with the 77th Brigade was made public when he disclosed it on his page at LinkedIn, the online professional networking site." Doxing yourself on Linkedin seems like a pretty amateur psyops move.

Many reservists are public about what they do. I have my military affiliation in all my profiles. He's not in some kind of secret special forces unit or anything like that.

Ultimately, being a reserve officer is a matter of public record, as you are formally gazetted and there is no point trying to pretend it is secret.

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