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[–] [M] 70 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Edit 3: The Daily Beast has now confirmed some locations in the tweet:

Dozens of major accounts masquerading as “America First” or “MAGA” proponents have been identified as originating in places such as Russia, India, and Nigeria.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-influencers-accidentally-unmasked-as-foreign-actors/

Edit 2: Here is another one from a commenter in the comments. Again, take locations with a grain of salt:

A large number of MAGA social media influencers were exposed over the weekend as being being based in other countries.

Internet erupts as MAGA influencers exposed for being based in other countries

Edit: This was reported as having zero citations and they're right. I haven't had my coffee yet. Because I was interested, I did find this article about it saying that it was removed quickly. Please take this with a grain of salt as to the locations.

It's unclear exactly why X quickly removed the feature shortly after rolling it out to the public. However, Bier replied to some X users who were reporting that their "About this account" was showing inaccurate information, which may be the reason why the feature was taken down.

We'll soon find out if Musk's social media platform reinstates the feature.

https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-x-rolls-out-country-of-origin-profiles-then-removes-it

This is attracting a lot of trolls. I'm going to leave it up for a little while, but don't take the bait please. If I see bait, I'm removing the chain, not just the OG comment.

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  • [–] 187 points 9 months ago (8 children)

    There need to be real consequences for this. This is mass propaganda that affects geopolitics, interferes in elections, undermines democracy and encourages people into a worldview that is destined for conflict.

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  • [–] 123 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Consequences imposed by whom? The US is currently ruled by the very powers who are employing these accounts.

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  • [–] 18 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    ruled by

    I'd say controlled by is more accurate, because the people who factually rule the US are not based outside of the US.

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    [–] 180 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Bad news, everyone. We have detected cockroaches in the kitchen.

    The good news is that we just turned off the lights, so now we can't see them.

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    ...beep, boop ... No, this can't be real, because it would be stupid and utterly unscrupulous deception of users. So it can't be real, since X is owned by Elon Musk, the most handsome, responsible, and intelligent person in the world. ... boop, boop...

    /s

    See also:

    Internet erupts as MAGA influencers exposed for being based in other countries

    and

    Elon Musk's X rolls out feature that shows users' country of origin – then suddenly removes it

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  • [–] 63 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    ...was anyone surprised?..

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  • [–] 31 points 9 months ago (9 children)

    I don't know too much about American politics, but I am surprised with Nigeria and Bangladesh

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    [–] 57 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    If that is true then Musk & Twitter 100% knew about it before disclosing location to other users.

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  • [–] 50 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Remember. Elon is a problematic drug addict but Twitter had this information long before he was in charge and they were perfectly content with this fact.

    Tech companies are not your friend and don't give a shit about your cause or your morals.

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I think the amusing part is Musk didn't bother to check over that data before saying it should go live. Mean I'm pretty sure I saw it was removed soon after, but I was mostly skimming. Think he's knows enough that 10mins is all the Internet needs., and 10min is generous.

    Seriously what person who manipulates social platforms wouldn't think, well let's give this data a once over for the big voices I want amplified?

    It may be an oversight but it's more likely he's not overly intelligent. Seriously when manipulation via social media is a goal that's a pretty high fucking priority. Like he should have a report from a team checking that out before it went live. Maybe he tried but fired anyone competent enough but if you're a billionaire you should have a few (competent) teams ready for various tasks.

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    [–] 36 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I don't live in america, nor want to, yet I'm also wanting to influence the americans...to do something about the orange kiddie fiddling rapist that they voted in, twice!

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    Same. Whatever happens in USA tends to rub off on Europe, either through cultural impact, or through propaganda.

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  • [–] 34 points 9 months ago

    Maybe the real CIA-funded third world nation coups were the bots we made along the way

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    [–] 21 points 9 months ago

    That's what happens when you monetize engagement..

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    [–] 15 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Is there any source for this huge accusation that isn’t a blurry picture of text from someone you’ve never heard of? Come on Lemmy, you’re better than this.

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