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Re: Hacked Twitter Accounts Post Swastikas, Pro-Erdogan Content

#11

Someone is very interested in pushing people towards far right pro-kremlim parties in Europe right before elections..

There's also a highly contentious Netherlands elections today[1] and there was a swift escalation in Turkish-Dutch politics yesterday[2].

[1] http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/15/europe/netherlands-election-po...

[2] http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2017/03/turkey-suspend...

Re: Hacked Twitter Accounts Post Swastikas, Pro-Erdogan Content

#12

Someone is very interested in pushing people towards far right pro-kremlim parties in Europe right before elections..

Oh I wonder who would that be... Doesn't seem like a very advanced hack to be honest, and "twitter services" are a constant source of account compromises

To be honest I don't find this kind of vague hinting to be at all constructive in discussions. I would greatly prefer if people either voiced their opinions clearly or kept them private.

Re: Hacked Twitter Accounts Post Swastikas, Pro-Erdogan Content

#13

Someone is very interested in pushing people towards far right pro-kremlim parties in Europe right before elections..

I wouldn't be that sure - the tensions escalated before today's Dutch elections, but the cause of the escalation was the current ruling party (the PM banned some turkish gatherings/protests, and then blocked a Turkish minister's plane from landing in the Netherlands). So one could argue that the mainstream party tried to woo right-wing-ish voters by taking a stronger stance against Turks/muslims.

Re: Hacked Twitter Accounts Post Swastikas, Pro-Erdogan Content

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TheCounter‏: "We're aware that our service was hacked and have started an investigation into the matter.We've already taken measures to contain such abuse" https://twitter.com/thecounter/status/841935867925139458 "This isn't TwitterCounter's first time. It's happened before. If you rely on it, it's time to pick better tools." https://twitter.com/FR314/status/841925814417555460 http://press.twittercounter.com/139716-t…

It doesn't seem to be limited to just TheCounter https://twitter.com/desantis/status/841952242789974021

Re: Hacked Twitter Accounts Post Swastikas, Pro-Erdogan Content

#15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh I wonder who would that be... Doesn't seem like a very advanced hack to be honest, and "twitter services" are a constant source of account compromises

To be honest I don't find this kind of vague hinting to be at all constructive in discussions. I would greatly prefer if people either voiced their opinions clearly or kept them private.

Ok to be clear , right before multiple European elections , Putins new pal Erdogan is inciting riots, calling people Nazis because they didn't want to host his rallies for a domestic Turkish issue. Obviously these have some domestic benefit for Erdogan but also for far right European parties, many of which already have some financial links to Russia.

http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/erdogan-and-putin-take-...

Re: Hacked Twitter Accounts Post Swastikas, Pro-Erdogan Content

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post #13

Someone is very interested in pushing people towards far right pro-kremlim parties in Europe right before elections..

I wouldn't be that sure - the tensions escalated before today's Dutch elections, but the cause of the escalation was the current ruling party (the PM banned some turkish gatherings/protests, and then blocked a Turkish minister's plane from landing in the Netherlands). So one could argue that the mainstream party tried to woo right-wing-ish voters by taking a stronger stance against Turks/muslims.

The stance taken wasn't against Turks or Muslims though. It was against an authoritarian ruler campaigning in another country to grab even more power for himself.

Re: Hacked Twitter Accounts Post Swastikas, Pro-Erdogan Content

#17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh I wonder who would that be... Doesn't seem like a very advanced hack to be honest, and "twitter services" are a constant source of account compromises

To be honest I don't find this kind of vague hinting to be at all constructive in discussions. I would greatly prefer if people either voiced their opinions clearly or kept them private.

well let us state that given the friendliness between Turkey and Russia despite the arguably staged assassination that they're either conveniently pulling in the same direction or perhaps batting for the same team.

So we can point the attack at the party potentially standing to gain from EU disruption (Russia) or at Turkey itself. Probably the most dull argument (aka most likely to be true) is that this is the work of an enthusiastic member of Erdogan's fanbase.

Re: Hacked Twitter Accounts Post Swastikas, Pro-Erdogan Content

#18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be honest I don't find this kind of vague hinting to be at all constructive in discussions. I would greatly prefer if people either voiced their opinions clearly or kept them private.

Ok to be clear , right before multiple European elections , Putins new pal Erdogan is inciting riots, calling people Nazis because they didn't want to host his rallies for a domestic Turkish issue. Obviously these have some domestic benefit for Erdogan but also for far right European parties, many of which already have some financial links to Russia. http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/erdogan-and-putin-take-...

> Putin's new pal Erdogan

Wait what?

Re: Hacked Twitter Accounts Post Swastikas, Pro-Erdogan Content

#19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be honest I don't find this kind of vague hinting to be at all constructive in discussions. I would greatly prefer if people either voiced their opinions clearly or kept them private.

Ok to be clear , right before multiple European elections , Putins new pal Erdogan is inciting riots, calling people Nazis because they didn't want to host his rallies for a domestic Turkish issue. Obviously these have some domestic benefit for Erdogan but also for far right European parties, many of which already have some financial links to Russia. http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/erdogan-and-putin-take-...

http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/erdogan-and-putin-take-...
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