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metro.co.uk > 11/24/2025 > xs-new-location-feature-exposes-fake-accounts-worldwide-24790089

X's new location feature exposes fake accounts worldwide - here's how

12+ hour, 51+ min ago (621+ words) Elon Musk's social media network has made a sweeping new change, now allowing users to see where each X account is based. Nikita Bier, X's head of product, announced the changes in October, saying it would "secure the integrity of the global town square'. But it appears to have unmasked dozens of foreign accounts masquerading as pro-American. One account, called "MAGA NATION', boasts hundreds of thousands of followers, often sharing pro-Donald Trump narratives and sparking discourse. But the new feature has revealed that, unlike what the person is claiming, they aren't a red-blooded American. Rather, the account operates out of a non-EU Eastern European country. Another, called "America First', appears to be based in Bangladesh. Even the US Department of Homeland Security's X account was revealed to be based in Israel, but they didn't seem to understand the severity of…...