In Dec 2016, Sir Alex Younger, the head of MI6, made a highly unusual public speech. He didn& #39;t name Russia. But he made it clear that the UK was at risk from bad actors exploiting social media platforms.

We now know that this warning was not heeded https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/08/hostile-states-pose-fundamental-threat-to-europe-says-mi6-chief?CMP=share_btn_tw">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...

In April 2017, a senior intel analyst told me it was a marker. I used it to preface 2nd major report on Cambridge Analytica.

The head of MI6 understood the risks.

His boss, Boris Johnson, & his boss& #39;s boss, Theresa May, stopped him investigating. No other explanation now

Report makes it clear that this threat became known when Russia conducted & #39;hack & leak& #39; against DNC in summer 2016.

When Boris Johnson was foreign secretary.

When leaks being orchestrated via London.

When London Russian embassy became conduit for Trump-Russia comms