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Claims Musk helped Erdogan win 2025 election spread online

Original: RE: https:// mastodon.social/@campuscodi/11 7353868814624656 Turkish dictator Erdogan's election was in trouble in 2025,

Posts circulating on Mastodon allege that Elon Musk's X removed Turkish opposition accounts and amplified propaganda ahead of Turkey's 2025 election, helping President Recep Tayyip Erdogan win despite poor polling. The same posts claim similar tactics are now being used against Brazilian President Lula on Facebook. The claims about X's role in Turkey's election are unverified, and no official evidence has been presented linking platform decisions to the outcome.

Why now: Accusations that Musk's platforms manipulate elections in Turkey and Brazil are drawing wide attention

Elon MuskRecep Tayyip ErdoganXLulaTurkey

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• RE: https:// mastodon.social/@campuscodi/11 7353868814624656 Turkish dictator Erdogan's election was in trouble in 2025, so Musk took the opposition off twitter, pushed propaganda. Erdogan won. This is what fascist tech bros are doing with facebook and Brazilian President Lula.… · kevinrns@mstdn.social · 23

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