Leaked files expose Syria psyops veteran astroturfing BreadTube star to counter Covid restriction critics
By covertly recruiting popular YouTube influencer Abigail Thorn to counter growing opposition to UK gov’t Covid restrictions, psy-ops pros are bringing home the tactics they honed in the Syrian dirty war by Kit Klarenberg and Max Blumenthal Part 6 - A broad landscape of state-backed Covid propaganda ops It’s probable the “Countering Pseudoscience” project is just one part of a wider landscape of online astroturf initiatives designed to restore cratering public trust in authorities around Covid policy. Valent Projects has also conducted work for the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a neoconservative think tank, researching “ violent actors using the ‘dark web’ to mobilise recruits and threaten public figures in Europe. ” This initiative was likely also aimed at countering lockdown opposition. Back in April 2020, Khan appeared on a panel discussion convened by the organization, “ Countering Disinformation in a Time of COVID19. ” At the start of December, the Institute released a