Our Man on the Inside: Senior Twitter Executive Exposed as British Army Information Warrior
Gordon MacMillan, senior Twitter staffer with editorial responsibility for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, joined the social media giant’s UK office in April 2013 — it’s unclear when he was recruited to 77th Brigade, the British army’s shadowy psychological warfare unit.
Nonetheless, an official army notice published July 2018 notes Gordon MacMillan was appointed “Second Lieutenant (on probation)” in Reserve Group ‘A’ in February 2016 — and somewhat ironically given 77th Brigade’s undercover nature, MacMillan for some time made no secret of his involvement, openly advertising on his LinkedIn profile he was “a reserve officer in the British Army serving in 77th Brigade, which specialises in non-lethal engagement”.
Since his very public exposure by Middle East Eye, all references to the Brigade have been expunged from his profile — although ‘Royal Military Academy Sandhurst’ is still listed under ‘Education’.
However, MacMillan evidently didn’t get round to conducting a corresponding purge of his Twitter account, for as of 30th September 2019, a number of incriminating tweets remained, each suggesting his relationship with 77th Brigade could date back some time indeed.
