How X's New Location Feature Exposed Big US Politics Accounts

New location feature on X sheds light on accounts — but also has errors

Canadian researchers who track online misinformation and foreign interference are welcoming a new feature that reveals the location of an X account but warn that it still has glitches and its results should be taken with a grain of salt.

X's new feature reveals foreign origins of some popular U.S. political accounts

Over the weekend, Elon Musk's X unveiled a feature that lets users see where an account is based — and it led to some surprises.

X's new feature raises questions about the foreign origins of some popular US political accounts

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X’s Top MAGA Trolls Revealed to Be Foreign Accounts

Since he acquired Twitter in 2022, Elon Musk has taken drastic steps to change the political climate of the platform, since rebranded as X. It began with the reinstatement of banned accounts belonging to prominent right-wing conspiracy theorists and extremists, which led to a sharp rise in misinformation and hate speech, some of it shared by Musk himself. He also had the app’s moderation policies weakened, allowing such content to proliferate fu…

Elon Musk’s zeal for truth reveals the online frauds aiming to divide us

A tweak to the social-media platform ripped the masks off tens (hundreds?) of thousands of foreign accounts that have been doing real harm to America’s political discourse.

How X's new location feature exposed big US politics accounts

Dozens of pro-Trump accounts are being accused of misleading followers after the social media site began showing user locations.