AfD Leak: What 421,179 Hacked Emails Show about the German Far Right

Re:AfD Leak: What 421,179 Hacked Emails Show about the Germa... by sourcecodeplz on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @06:59AM (#50164355)

well for example in Romania (EU member state), they canceled the presidential elections (2024) after they were won by a person no one knew anything about.

he posted & advertised heavily nationalistic videos on tiktok and gained huge following.

court said the election had been affected by irregularities, alleged foreign interference, and problems with campaign financing and online campaigning.

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Re:AfD Leak: What 421,179 Hacked Emails Show about the Germa... by RobotToaster on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @07:06AM (#50164431)

You're holding up unelected judges overturning an election as a good example of democracy?

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Re:AfD Leak: What 421,179 Hacked Emails Show about the Germa... by ethbr1 on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @07:41AM (#50164783)

Afaik, didn't the Romanian election also feature Russian money literally buying votes?

I.e. people asking at the polling places who was going to pay them the money they'd been promised

[Edit: nope, that was neighboring Moldova in 2024]

It does beg a question of how to run an election as a smaller state when faced with overwhelming propaganda from a much larger one (the US or Russia).

That's never not been true, I suppose, but with large unregulated, privately-controlled social media platforms it feels more pressing.

How does one run a "fair" election if the voters are being irradiated with one-sided messaging sufficient to turn an election? Is the result really the will of the people? And yet, what's the alternative?

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