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

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Post by binarray2000 »

lawless123 wrote: post #19
lawless123 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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-...

Your source is

http://www.middleeasteye.net

"Middle East Eye is registered as M.E.E. Limited. Registered in England & Wales, Number: 08803692."

http://www.middleeasteye.net/contact-1077837563

About M.E.E. Ltd. from companieshouse.gov.uk:

https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08803692/officers

Google "BESSASSO, Jamal Awn Jamal" (named as officer @companieshouse).

First result:

http://www.thenational.ae/uae/al-jazeera-executive-helped-to...

First paragraph:

"A senior executive with Qatar’s TV network Al Jazeera was closely involved with setting up the London news website Middle East Eye, some of whose staff have links to organisations sympathetic to the Muslim Brotherhood."

BOOOOM!

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

#33

Post by Xylakant »

magickbirdy wrote: post #24

...or maybe someone is trying to defame Erdogan by associating Erdogan with Nazi?

Not taking any stance on the matter of who's the hacker and what are their intentions, but Erdogan has compared the German and Dutch administration Nazi multiple times by now in public speeches, so the tweets content are pretty much his stance boiled down to 140 chars.

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

#34

Post by threeseed »

tomp wrote: post #13
lawless123 wrote: post #6

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 PM never banned protests AFAIK.

This was the decision of local and state governments and was done because in the past similar protests became impossible to control. It's fair enough to allow protests about Dutch policies but a whole different story when it is purely about an internal Turkish issue.

You can't blame the Dutch for not rolling out the red carpet especially so close to an election.

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

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Post by return0 »

oxide wrote: post #21
kristopolous wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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...

As an aside, I wonder what the history books will say about our time in 100 years or so. It's interesting to think that we are all a part, no matter how large or small, of history in the making. For better or worse.

That the abuse of the supposed "mandate" of both elected governments began delegitimizing them in the eyes of the electorate

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

#37

Post by pjc50 »

oxide wrote: post #21
kristopolous wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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...

As an aside, I wonder what the history books will say about our time in 100 years or so. It's interesting to think that we are all a part, no matter how large or small, of history in the making. For better or worse.

> what the history books will say about our time in 100 years or so

The history books will be written by the victors. What the history says will depend hugely on whether we have free informational continuity between now and then or a massive legal/totalitarian/military/nuclear/catastrophic "wipe" destroying that.

(Less dramatically, this is obviously the era when intelligence agencies are fighting and the internet is their battleground. ""Cyberwarfare"" is not about turning off power stations, it's about destroying your opponent's ability to do normal open democratic politics. There's even tension between US domestic security services - the FBI director Comey is clearly pro-Trump while the CIA are not, and Trump has gutted the US State Department which has traditionally been the department for interfering with other countries.)

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

#38

Post by dodge141415 »

simias wrote: post #3
r721 wrote: post #2

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…

What does this service do exactly? Why does it need to have write access to the account if it's only a stat thing?

Looks like they run a followers scam as well with the promoted twitter account. How can they guarantee 1% views conversion. They probably make accounts that sign up for their service secretly follow the promoted accounts.

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

#39

Post by lawless123 »

binarray2000 wrote: post #31
lawless123 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Your source is http://www.middleeasteye.net "Middle East Eye is registered as M.E.E. Limited. Registered in England & Wales, Number: 08803692." http://www.middleeasteye.net/contact-1077837563 About M.E.E. Ltd. from companieshouse.gov.uk: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08803692/officers Google "BESSASSO, Jamal Awn Jamal" (named as officer @companieshouse). First result: http://www.thenational.ae/uae/al-jaz…

OK CNN

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/10/middleeast/russia-turkey-p...

WSJ

https://www.wsj.com/articles/turkeys-erdogan-meets-with-russ...

or if you prefer Russian sources.. https://sputniknews.com/politics/201703141051559853-putin-er...

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

#40

Post by idiot_stick »

binarray2000 wrote: post #31
lawless123 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Your source is http://www.middleeasteye.net "Middle East Eye is registered as M.E.E. Limited. Registered in England & Wales, Number: 08803692." http://www.middleeasteye.net/contact-1077837563 About M.E.E. Ltd. from companieshouse.gov.uk: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08803692/officers Google "BESSASSO, Jamal Awn Jamal" (named as officer @companieshouse). First result: http://www.thenational.ae/uae/al-jaz…

>""A senior executive with Qatar’s TV network Al Jazeera was closely involved with setting up the London news website Middle East Eye, some of whose staff have links to organisations sympathetic to the Muslim Brotherhood."

So you eliminate as sources any company that might have some staff "sympathetic" to the Muslim Brotherhood? That probably extends much further than you think.

>BOOOOM!

You didn't say anything revelatory or even exciting.

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