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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 69 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 179 points 3 weeks 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.

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 117 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] huppakee@piefed.social 14 points 3 weeks 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.

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I never said they were. I said they were employing these accounts. But anyway, the oligarchs who rule the US are not all based in the US.

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[–] tomiant@piefed.social 171 points 3 weeks 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.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 30 points 3 weeks ago

Holy moley, that's a perfect metaphor, because we all know how cockroach behavior & numbers accelerate when they're in the dark.

[–] YgestWefsid@lemmy.today 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Turning the lights off does not matter anymore, because these accounts glow in the dark. Thats what they look like right now:

[–] bytesonbike@discuss.online 9 points 3 weeks ago

America did that for COVID, which is why we had such low numbers.

Oh and all those COVID deaths? Natural causes.

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 91 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 43 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

...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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[–] dyc3@lemmy.world 43 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] Icytrees@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Looks like someone asked Grok and archived it for posterity. https://archive.is/kM8aq

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[–] notsure@fedia.io 58 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

...was anyone surprised?..

[–] Gutek8134@lemmy.world 30 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

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

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 55 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Cheap labor that Russia can afford.

[–] huppakee@piefed.social 19 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Cheap natively english-speaking labour, to be precise.

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[–] bytesonbike@discuss.online 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Countries where salaries are low and English is high.

I mean, imagine paying a poor person $50 to yell at Wells Fargo for a week. That's pretty much this.

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[–] arc99@lemmy.world 55 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

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

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 32 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Musk is both stupid enough and narcissitic enough to have legitimately thought his charm and personality were making MAGA flock to him on his own personal "I need my ego stroked" site. It's quite possible it never even occured to him that none of it was real.

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[–] huppakee@piefed.social 28 points 3 weeks ago

Only if they cared enough to analyse the data though

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 10 points 3 weeks ago

No way in hell. Musk was probably like "let's show location guys, think of how much more noticing we could do tehe!"

And then he got results that triggered him, so he had them turn it off

[–] Devial@discuss.online 10 points 3 weeks ago

I don't think Elmo has an ego small enough to independently even consider the idea that his sycophants might be largely fake.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 47 points 3 weeks 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.

[–] orbitz@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Eh that's assuming he even knows what is going on at Twitter.

He purged like 75 percent of the company. The only ones left are the ones with no other options.

Pretty sure his focus is on getting Tesla to give him ever increasing compensation while it starts to circle the drain.

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[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 35 points 3 weeks 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!

[–] MBech@feddit.dk 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

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

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Sadly, as fucked up as it is, america has an influence on MANY cultures and societies. What happens in that barren wasteland affects soooo many other countries.

[–] Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We still have our lovely national parks... For now.. Culturally though, eugh.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I've always wanted to visit yellowstone national park, but you couldn't pay me to go to the USA.

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[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Save yourself. That place is a lost cause.

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[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 32 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] TuxEnthusiast@sopuli.xyz 20 points 3 weeks ago

That's what happens when you monetize engagement..

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[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Thats what i usually come to the comments for but ive found a lot of comments are just riding the confirmation bias so I either have to check myself or forget about it because im tired boss

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Good to see Elon end up revealing this.

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