DailyKos SUN NOV 16, 2014 AT 06:52 PM PST ANONYMOUS SEIZED THE KLANS MAIN TWITTER ACCOUNT SUNDAY MORNING #OPKKK #HOODSOFF UPDATED byskywriter ... and wouldnt let go until a short time ago. Anonymous had been in control of the Klans main Twitter account @KuKluxKlanUSA since 9 this morning, posting its own pictures on the racists account and using the hashtags, #OpKKK #Ferguson and #lulz. Anonymous issued this video explaining its actions. Anonymous took action after the Klan threatened protesters in Ferguson with lethal force. The Klan is very upset. The Klan also threatened a a reporter who taped the call and posted the threats: Well be watching you. etc. Meanwhile the Klan set up a second account, @YourKKKcentral where it issued threats to call the FBI! Anonymous quickly toook controls of that account too. Anonymous declared cyber war after the Klan threatened Ferguson protesters with physical violence. Using the hashtags #OpKKK, and #HoodsOff members of Anon have been pulling the#HoodsOff Klan members in the St.Louis and Ferguson area, showing their faces and other identifying information all day long. They also mentioned two Klan members who are Florida police officers. Anonymous unhooded one Indiana Klansman, Chad Burris, who displays an image of a klan man lounging on the connected bodies of two lynched black people. Anonymous mentioned the activities of the Charleston, West Virginia police lieutenant suspended last month for Klan activities. Theres a massive show of support in favor of the actions Anonymous took today. Here it is by the numbers. Here are snippets from Anons Twitter stream. ZDNet has a wrap. KKK Twitter accounts insulted and mocked Anonymous on the microblogging site until Sunday evening when Anonymous declared a victory in the form of snatching the account of @KuKluxKlanUSA. UPDATE Tuesday morning #OpKKK is tied directly to the murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and to the long sorry history of racism in the United States. Raise your hand if youre having trouble signing on to your Twitter account? In reply to the Klan request can we have our account back? Anonymous replied: “As many of you already know, this past week Anonymous has launched an attack on America’s homegrown terrorist group known as the Ku Klux Klan. Anonymous took action after Klan members promised to use ‘lethal force’ against peaceful protesters in Ferguson, Missouri.” “#OpKKK (#HoodsOff) was then launched. Members of our group revealed identities of Klan members and Klan websites have been DDoSed,” it continued, referencing Distributed Denial of Service attacks that are used to interrupt service of web sites and other avenues of communication by overloading the server. “Anonymous then took to Twitter. With warning, Anonymous took control of what was believed as the official Ku Klux Klan Twitter account (@KuKluxKlanUSA).” “Before going any further, we’d like to address our idea of freedom. After exposing Klan members and seizing the Klan’s web sites and Twitter accounts, Anonymous members faced much criticism regarding freedom. Anonymous stands for freedom, so why would we strip someone of his or her freedom of speech? The Ku Klux Klan is a terrorist group. The blood of thousands of human beings are on the hands of Klansmen. In most Anonymous’ members eyes, the KKK no longer has the right to express their racist, bigoted opinions.” “Moving on to the main topic, the Klan’s Twitter account. Based on the Direct Messages sent and received to @KuKluxKlanUSA, we can confirm an official member of the Loyal White Knights of the KKK operated the account. Through the Klan’s Twitter account, we have obtained large amounts of information of multiple white supremacists, along with the operator of the account. The members of Anonymous who seized the account are continuing to debate if the identities of the people associated with the Klan’s Twitter should be released to the public.” “The debate has risen as we are not completely sure how much of a connection many of the people have to the KKK. We want to ensure we are ousting the right people. It would be against everything Anonymous does if we publicly released information of the innocent. As for the account itself, we will leave it untouched as it could lead to more information that could contribute to #OpKKK. Once the operation is considered a complete success, we will remove the account from Twitter.” “What was accomplished on 16 NOV 2014 is just the beginning of #OpKKK. Anonymous has plenty more work to do. To the men and women representing Anonymous in Ferguson, make us proud. Show the world why Anonymous is the most united legion on this planet.”
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 00:45:57 +0000
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