[3] Epidemiologist Carl Heneghan and tropical disease researcher Alexandre de Figueiredo were monitored by the unit as was Molly Kingsley who ran a campaign to keep schools open during the pandemic.
[4] In 2023, the unit was renamed the National Security and Online Information Team (NSOIT), and it operates within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
[7][8] NSOIT has appointed Crisp Thinking to help conduct analysis of social media platforms.
[9] Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch, said the concept of a central authority determining incorrect information is open to abuse and should be considered carefully.
[4] Ministers have been criticized and questioned over the lack of transparency, however, the information that protected as a matter of national security.