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Twitter Locks WikiLeaks and Multiple WikiLeaks Staff Accounts

49 points by k1m 8y ago

NotAnEconomist 8y ago
I find it equally likely there's an undisclosed request from the DoJ involving their accounts -- and that they're trying to get a narrative out before something like indictments come out. There's a lot of very clear slant in this article. It leaves unanswered the question why a front laundering Russian intelligence should expect to be allowed to operate on a US platform.
- k1m 8y ago
  Don't think there's any proof of Wikileaks being a front for anyone. If anything, they've come under intense attack, including what increasingly appears to be a made-up story published by the Guardian. https://observer.com/2018/12/glenn-greenwald-on-sucker-journalists-and-why-theres-no-silver-bullet-coming-for-trump/ https://observer.com/2018/12/glenn-greenwald-on-sucker-journ...
  - jammygit 8y ago
    I've never hears an actual explanation for why wikileaks is accused of being a Russian puppet besides circumstantial things. Is there any hard (or medium hard) evidence?
    - pl1234 8y ago
      Assange had a show on RT and hasn't published much anti-russian material, so that makes him a russian intelligence puppet. At least that is the claim of the left-wing conspiracy theorists.
k1m 8y ago
Update from Wikileaks: "Our twitter account @WikiLeaks is now unlocked. Thanks to those who made a fuss and for @Jack and others responding to the problem. It appears that a denial of service attack had been run against several WikiLeaks and Assange legal accounts to trigger looping security lockouts." https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1075946430844583938 https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1075946430844583938 Still don't understand why upvoting behaves so differently here on HN. This post received 25 points within an hour, but never reached the first page. There are other posts on the first page with far fewer points. Can anyone shed any light on that? Genuinely curious.
- NotAnEconomist 8y ago
  I suspect people flag it for not being very good content, and perhaps tilted in terms of its reporting on a political issue.
  - k1m 8y ago
    Maybe you're right. Wish it was more transparent though, if that is what's going on.

49 points by k1m 8y ago

I find it equally likely there's an undisclosed request from the DoJ involving their accounts -- and that they're trying to get a narrative out before something like indictments come out. There's a lot of very clear slant in this article. It leaves unanswered the question why a front laundering Russian intelligence should expect to be allowed to operate on a US platform.

k1m 8y ago
Don't think there's any proof of Wikileaks being a front for anyone. If anything, they've come under intense attack, including what increasingly appears to be a made-up story published by the Guardian. https://observer.com/2018/12/glenn-greenwald-on-sucker-journalists-and-why-theres-no-silver-bullet-coming-for-trump/ https://observer.com/2018/12/glenn-greenwald-on-sucker-journ...
- jammygit 8y ago
  I've never hears an actual explanation for why wikileaks is accused of being a Russian puppet besides circumstantial things. Is there any hard (or medium hard) evidence?
  - pl1234 8y ago
    Assange had a show on RT and hasn't published much anti-russian material, so that makes him a russian intelligence puppet. At least that is the claim of the left-wing conspiracy theorists.

k1m 8y ago

Update from Wikileaks: "Our twitter account @WikiLeaks is now unlocked. Thanks to those who made a fuss and for @Jack and others responding to the problem. It appears that a denial of service attack had been run against several WikiLeaks and Assange legal accounts to trigger looping security lockouts." https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1075946430844583938 https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1075946430844583938 Still don't understand why upvoting behaves so differently here on HN. This post received 25 points within an hour, but never reached the first page. There are other posts on the first page with far fewer points. Can anyone shed any light on that? Genuinely curious.

NotAnEconomist 8y ago
I suspect people flag it for not being very good content, and perhaps tilted in terms of its reporting on a political issue.
- k1m 8y ago
  Maybe you're right. Wish it was more transparent though, if that is what's going on.