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RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 6 days ago

X's new country-of-origin feature reveals many 'US' accounts to be foreign-run

www.hindustantimes.com

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X's new country-of-origin feature reveals many 'US' accounts to be foreign-run

www.hindustantimes.com

RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 6 days ago
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X's new country-of-origin feature shakes MAGA and Democrat circles as many 'US' accounts revealed to be foreign-run
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Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, has rolled out a feature where going to the ‘Joined’ tab on one's profile, displays the country of origin for that account.

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  • whoever loves Digit 🇵🇸🇺🇸🏴‍☠️@piefed.social
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    Not really. I’ve never been out of the eastern US and it says I’m based in the Netherlands.

    I also hear they’re planning to add a label to users that use a VPN, which is supposed to somehow embarrass the VPN users instead of everyone else, lol

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