Elon Muskās social media site X has rolled out a new feature in an effort to increase transparencyāand unwittingly revealed that many of the siteās top MAGA influencers are actually foreign actors.
The new āAbout 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 āAmerica Firstā or āMAGAā proponents have been identified as originating in places such as Russia, India, and Nigeria.
In one example, the account MAGANationXāwith nearly 400,000 followers and a bio reading āPatriot Voice for We The Peopleāāis actually based in Eastern Europe.
Now do the origin of bot accounts pushing topics to the top here on Lemmy.
I donāt think many of them pretend to be American pushing America First. I think youād find that most of them would call themselves globalists in fact.
That said, I always find it funny that Lemmings are shocked to realize the Marxist-Leninists are often from Russia and have Russian or Chinese viewpoints.
Iām kinda offended by this. Lefties, die-hard Marxists in Russia are not pro-Russia and definitely not pro-China.
Also, I rarely see any Russians here, on Lemmy. I have subscribed for several groups, but itās everything Lemmy has.