US EditionIndia, Nigeria, Sri Lanka: X Reveals Where Viral MAGA Accounts Are Based
X's new 'About This Account' feature exposed many major MAGA accounts operated overseas, raising concerns about foreign influence and revenue incentives on the platform.
- Over the weekend, X's new 'About This Account' feature exposed major MAGA accounts operated from abroad, with Trump sharing screenshots on Truth Social Saturday and Sunday.
- To strengthen platform integrity, X introduced location disclosures, Nikita Bier said the update aims to protect the platform's integrity after Mr. Musk's 2023 revenue-sharing program created financial incentives and researchers exposed pro-MAGA accounts operating abroad.
- For example, @MAGANationX was shown to be based in Eastern Europe with nearly 400,000 followers, an Ivanka Trump fan page had over 1 million followers in Nigeria, and @AmericanVoice__ and @xIsraelExposedx had roughly 200,000 and over 180,000 followers abroad.
- X warned the tool is imperfect and has produced at least one false positive, while @TorahJudaism and @1776General_ disputed claims citing outsourced support and contracts, and public respondents called for barring foreign-born citizens from office.
- Researchers and watchdogs linked fake MAGA accounts to disinformation and pressure on lawmakers, while accounts posing as Gazan civilians raised fundraising deception concerns.
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A new update of X that allows to see the location of its users has questioned whether some of the most prominent profiles of the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement on the social network are operated from the United States. Since the platform enabled the function “on this account”, it became evident that several accounts with thousands of followers dedicated to the movement of President Donald Trump are actually outside the country.
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X's new role has led to a surge in publications that support US President Donald Trump's movement and are located in Nigeria, Bangladesh or Eastern Europe.
India, Nigeria, Sri Lanka: X reveals where viral MAGA accounts are based
Elon Musk's X has rolled out a new location feature: the app now shows the country or region that the account is based in. This triggered outrage, confusion and ridicule on the platform, particularly as many political accounts - namely prominent MAGA accounts - were not even listed within the United States. The new feature also meant the Department of Homeland Security was accused of being operated from Israel. Vedika Bahl explains in Truth or F…
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