X has a foreign troll problem

[Cmaier]

About This Account reveals the scale of X’s foreign troll problem

X’s About This Account reveals the scale of its foreign troll problem, confirming that many MAGA accounts aren’t actually American.

www.theverge.com

X added a feature that allows you to see where a user is located. Turns out a lot of big MAGA accounts appear to be parts of foreign influence campaigns. I wonder how long Elon will allow the feature to exist.

[Let’s try to keep this apolitical]

 

[cbum]

[Let’s try to keep this apolitical]

 

[Eric]

About This Account reveals the scale of X’s foreign troll problem

X’s About This Account reveals the scale of its foreign troll problem, confirming that many MAGA accounts aren’t actually American.

www.theverge.com

X added a feature that allows you to see where a user is located. Turns out a lot of big MAGA accounts appear to be parts of foreign influence campaigns. I wonder how long Elon will allow the feature to exist.

[Let’s try to keep this apolitical]

Sounds like that feature is now gone, transparency just isn't their thing.

 

[Cmaier]

Sounds like that feature is now gone, transparency just isn't their thing.

already?

 

[KingOfPain]

X added a feature that allows you to see where a user is located. Turns out a lot of big MAGA accounts appear to be parts of foreign influence campaigns. I wonder how long Elon will allow the feature to exist.

It's not the first time that Xitter has been used to influence politics in another country, and it won't be the last time either.

 

[diamond.g]

Sounds like that feature is now gone, transparency just isn't their thing.

It is back. They apparently screwed up by allowing grey/silver check marked accounts to have the location feature enabled. Which started a long thread about the DHS account being based out of another country (I'll leave the reader to find that political football).

The current tea is that a lot of "prominent" right wing accounts are not based out of the US (allegedly). Which of course brings us back to the topic of this post, lol.

 

[Eric]