Elon Musk’s social media site X has rolled out a new feature in an effort to increase transparency—and unwittingly revealed that many of the site’s top MAGA influencers are actually foreign actors.

The new ā€œAbout This Accountā€ feature, which became available to X users on Friday, allows others to see where an account is based, when they joined the platform, how often they have changed their username, and how they downloaded the X app.

Dozens of major accounts masquerading as ā€œAmerica Firstā€ or ā€œMAGAā€ proponents have been identified as originating in places such as Russia, India, and Nigeria.

In one example, the account MAGANationX—with nearly 400,000 followers and a bio reading ā€œPatriot Voice for We The Peopleā€ā€”is actually based in Eastern Europe.

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    This is actually exactly why Musk did it. It’s not a good faith attempt at transparency… It’s straight up ā€œcover your assā€ liability shifting. X has been accused of unfettered propaganda in recent election cycles, and this is just an attempt to go ā€œhey, it’s the user’s fault if they fall for the propaganda. All of the info was there for them to find.ā€