Army fights fake news with propagandists and hackers in one unit
by Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#4MBER)
Cyber and intelligence experts unite to battle disinformation as character of warfare changes
Computer hackers and propaganda specialists working in the British army are to be placed in a single division, as part of a reorganisation designed to reflect a belief that the boundary between peace and war has become increasingly blurred.
The cyber and intelligence experts will be consolidated into a reborn 6th Division - one of three in the army with a strength of 14,500 - which will also contain ground troops who can be used in secret, special forces-type operations.
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