In a normal world this would be an incredible security issue..
Paruhdyme_ on
To the surprise of nobody
strangersadvice on
I think we should pass a law that requires this. I am tired of foreign actors manipulating the US by posing as US Citizens. It should not be allowed.
ThisTooInModeration on
> Dozens of major accounts masquerading as “America First” or “MAGA” proponents have been identified as originating in places such as Russia, India, and Nigeria
WhiteSepulchre on
So many zionist bot accounts pretending to be Americans turned out to be Indian, Israeli, Nigerian, Russian, it’s hilarious.
C0ff33fr34k on
How is this a surprise?
GarySparrow0 on
They have an army in Russia that does this around the clock in order to influence public opinion in foreign nations. Here is a great write up everyone should read: https://www.reddit.com/r/self/comments/1gouvit/youre_being_targeted_by_disinformation_networks/
Satorwave on
BREAKING NEWS: Fork found in kitchen
topherus_maximus on
And Musk removes location feature
ahdidi413 on
Wow this is some truly delightful news to start my day with.
“This is total armageddon for the online right,” wrote law student and left-wing influencer Micah Erfan. “It’s looking like half of their large accounts were foreigners posing as Americans all along.”
LARRYVOND13 on
It amused me that once I pointed out an account that clearly was American based posting stuff about the UK constantly and when I pointed it out, some people liking it actually stood up for it going “Maybe they care about our country”
Igoos99 on
Unfortunately, it will take them only a few days to figure out how to spoof their location.
>Information around account location, for example, could be altered with the use of a VPN, something Bier has said the company is planning to resolve.
Ah, yes. The good ol’ “American citizens had to use VPNs that masked their locations to other countries to start accounts on and continue to use X” defense.
theindus on
Don’t worry, they smoothing out the rough edges of this new feature and they will hide such inconveniences soon.
mashingLumpkins on
Surprised pikachu face
IUsedToBeThatGuy42 on
Again?
steve_ample on
I mean, if you got Tim Pool, then you have a thousand lessor accounts.
txtoolfan on
Duh. They are all anti American.
derallo on
Several high-profile MAGA influencers were exposed as foreign operatives after an accidental revelation identified their account origins. Most notably, the “IvankaNews” account—a major amplifier of pro-Trump content with over one million followers—was unmasked as being operated from Nigeria rather than the United States, sparking discourse about the prevalence of manufactured influence campaigns within the movement.
Paper_Clip100 on
Can we do the same for redditors posing as real red blooded Americans?
agdnan on
MAGA does not care. They will be happy that foreigners are doing their propaganda.
turbulentFireStarter on
This is great. But now that they know it exists they will just use VPN in the US
whittlingcanbefatal on
Doesn’t a foreign actor own Xitter?
KamKorn on
There won’t be enough push back for what this is. It’s plain as day
Fair_Description1604 on
wow its almost like….. they could have found their origins on WIKIPEDIA prior to voting?
IdahoDuncan on
None of these Gotya moments are going to move the needle on MAGA any more. It’s become an identity for the hardcore supporters.
KapnKrumpin on
Am I in a nightmare coma where this keeps happening or didnt this happen 6 months ago?
Mark1arMark1ar on
Guess what.
It won’t matter. I’m convinced the MAGAsphere can do almost anything, regardless of how awful or disingenuous, and its followers won’t give a shit.
SJMCubs16 on
Drain the swamp he said….He meant dredge it, add some neon lights and hotels. The corruption at the expense of the constitution, the American “Ethos”, and decency.
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If I had a nickel for every time there was a mass umasking of MAGA influencers as paid foreign assets…
Non paywall link
https://archive.ph/2025.11.23-125133/https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-influencers-accidentally-unmasked-as-foreign-actors/
In a normal world this would be an incredible security issue..
To the surprise of nobody
I think we should pass a law that requires this. I am tired of foreign actors manipulating the US by posing as US Citizens. It should not be allowed.
> Dozens of major accounts masquerading as “America First” or “MAGA” proponents have been identified as originating in places such as Russia, India, and Nigeria
So many zionist bot accounts pretending to be Americans turned out to be Indian, Israeli, Nigerian, Russian, it’s hilarious.
How is this a surprise?
They have an army in Russia that does this around the clock in order to influence public opinion in foreign nations. Here is a great write up everyone should read: https://www.reddit.com/r/self/comments/1gouvit/youre_being_targeted_by_disinformation_networks/
BREAKING NEWS: Fork found in kitchen
And Musk removes location feature
Wow this is some truly delightful news to start my day with.
“This is total armageddon for the online right,” wrote law student and left-wing influencer Micah Erfan. “It’s looking like half of their large accounts were foreigners posing as Americans all along.”
It amused me that once I pointed out an account that clearly was American based posting stuff about the UK constantly and when I pointed it out, some people liking it actually stood up for it going “Maybe they care about our country”
Unfortunately, it will take them only a few days to figure out how to spoof their location.
>While About This Account went live on Friday, X’s head of product development, Nikita Bier, [noted](https://archive.ph/o/swo2G/https://x.com/nikitabier/status/1992335925322613127) that the change had “a few rough edges,” which they are planning to smooth.
>Information around account location, for example, could be altered with the use of a VPN, something Bier has said the company is planning to resolve.
Ah, yes. The good ol’ “American citizens had to use VPNs that masked their locations to other countries to start accounts on and continue to use X” defense.
Don’t worry, they smoothing out the rough edges of this new feature and they will hide such inconveniences soon.
Surprised pikachu face
Again?
I mean, if you got Tim Pool, then you have a thousand lessor accounts.
Duh. They are all anti American.
Several high-profile MAGA influencers were exposed as foreign operatives after an accidental revelation identified their account origins. Most notably, the “IvankaNews” account—a major amplifier of pro-Trump content with over one million followers—was unmasked as being operated from Nigeria rather than the United States, sparking discourse about the prevalence of manufactured influence campaigns within the movement.
Can we do the same for redditors posing as real red blooded Americans?
MAGA does not care. They will be happy that foreigners are doing their propaganda.
This is great. But now that they know it exists they will just use VPN in the US
Doesn’t a foreign actor own Xitter?
There won’t be enough push back for what this is. It’s plain as day
wow its almost like….. they could have found their origins on WIKIPEDIA prior to voting?
None of these Gotya moments are going to move the needle on MAGA any more. It’s become an identity for the hardcore supporters.
Am I in a nightmare coma where this keeps happening or didnt this happen 6 months ago?
Guess what.
It won’t matter. I’m convinced the MAGAsphere can do almost anything, regardless of how awful or disingenuous, and its followers won’t give a shit.
Drain the swamp he said….He meant dredge it, add some neon lights and hotels. The corruption at the expense of the constitution, the American “Ethos”, and decency.