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Link wants me to download an app and that ain't happening, is that Nazis, KKK, or something totally benign? What's the context here?
https://x.com/JayinKyiv/status/1756657939799019526?s=20
Top image looks to be from Nazi Germany, bottom from the Putin crowd in modern Russia. I believe the point is that they're rather similar.
The symbol isn't exclusive to Nazis, and the styling suggests it's something else... Not saying it isn't Nazis because I don't know, but I feel it's not a good assumption.
It pretty clearly was intended to imply it though, based on the lower photo, which is far less ambiguous.
I mean, it looks like the right timeframe, and they did use the swastika in that form, but let me go plug it into tineye.
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Yeah, it's the Nazis.
https://www.alamy.com/this-associated-press-photo-shows-the-swastika-during-rehearsals-at-berlins-stadium-june-20-1938-berlin-germany-the-stadium-will-again-will-be-filled-to-capacity-when-the-hitler-youth-and-the-sa-are-celebrating-summer-solstice-day-in-the-olympic-stadium-june-21-1938-berlin-germany-hundreds-of-sa-men-will-form-a-torchlight-sun-wheel-in-germany-on-june-28-1938-ap-photo-image525598168.html?irgwc=1
What would be a good assumption then? That they are a religious crowd of Hinduists/Buddhists?
For one, that kind of display is typical of authoritarian regimes. Also, Nazis ruined swastikas for everyone else so saying Nazis would be a good assumption indeed. And also you could've just looked it up like the dude replying to you, props to them.
It's always a good assumption that you're dealing with Nazis when you see a swastika. How much more do you need to feel good about your assumptions? That symbol hasn't been used by any other group since the Nazis. Yes, it used to be used by other groups. Those times are long gone.
There was a time when assuming what you see on the internet was what it appeared to be and not misleading in any way was considered foolish...
I guess I'm old
No, that's even more applicable today. That's a good point.
Well, hopefully you learned something about that.
The Z is frequently used by Russia to indicate Nazis. As for what's happening in the picture, not enough context.
The link was completely blocked for me. It's ~~definitely malicious.~~ a Telegram app link.
That's not a valid assumption. It's a link to a Telegram message, t.me is Telegram's domain. I presume you have some filter that blocks Telegram links. It is not blocked for me, and my pihole runs a huge bunch of blocklists. I also scanned the link with urlscan, and there's no indication that it's malicious. You can view the result of the scan here, if anyone is interested:
https://urlscan.io/result/410eb556-3991-4db9-8979-ffde02cc8b2e/
Ah okay. The other person said "an app", and it was blocked for me, so I assumed it is malicious, since lots of malicious links are app download spam. Had they said "the Telegram app" I probably wouldn't have made that assumption. Cheers for correcting me.