Secretive Covid-era ‘spy’ agency brought in to monitor social media during riots National Security Online Information Team, to play central role in response to violence sweeping UK A secretive government agency used to “spy on” anti-lockdown campaigners during the Covid pandemic The Counter Disinformation Unit (CDU), (set up in March 2020 to combat “false coronavirus information online” now named, National Security Online Information Team (NSOIT) (just months after MPs called for an independent review of its activities) Peter Kyle, Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary Has asked NSOIT to monitor online activity (after 3 children murdered) Privileged access to social media moderators Monitored by Counter Disinformation Unit Professor Carl Heneghan, (Director Oxford Centre for EBM) Molly Kingsley, (kee
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