In a recent article by Reuters, the article covers a story from The Times on Britain's eavesdropping agency GCHQ is starting a plan to take on anti-vaccine propaganda that is being spread online by hostile states.
The GCHQ collects communications from around the world to identify and destroy potential threats to Britain, and they are now trying to tackle disinformation claims. The claims discuss immunization being a high priority and there is a vaccine could be a lot closer than we think.
“GCHQ has been told to take out antivaxers online and on social media,” the Times said, citing a source.
The report said the focus of the operation is taking down hostile state-linked content and disrupting the communications of the cybercriminals responsible.
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Reuters has the full story.
