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Many Top MAGA Trolls Aren’t Even in the U.S. (newrepublic.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by streetfestival@lemmy.ca to c/worldnews@lemmy.ca

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Starting Friday, X users were able to use a new “about this account” feature to see what country accounts were based in. And for many “America First” posters, this revealed an inconvenient truth, as reported by The Daily Beast.

For example, one account literally named “America First”—with 67,000 followers—seems to be based not in the U.S., but in Bangladesh.

Another popular conservative account, MAGA Nation, with nearly 400,000 followers and a bio that reads, “Standing strong with President Trump 🇺🇸 | America First | Patriot Voice for We The People,” is apparently based in Eastern Europe.

And an Ivanka News fanpage with 1 million followers that posts things like, “Does the spread of Islam on American soil concern you?” is based in Nigeria.

Twitter users rounded up dozens of these accounts, sharing their disbelief.

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[–] Angry_Drunken_Robot@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah and how many people who aren't Ukrainian are on the internet screaming for Ukraine to keep sending young men to die?

This reeks of "everyone who disagrees with me is a troll"

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

Are those accounts pretending to be Ukrainian?