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X's location tags expose the real engines of online outrage

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X's new country-of-origin feature took less than 24 hours to trigger a wave of mass unmasking. Click "Joined" on any profile and there it is: "MAGA NATION" with 392,000 followers posting from Eastern Europe, "RedPillMedia" (108,000 followers) confirmed as Pakistani, and "Republicans Against Trump" and its million followers based in Austria. The feature briefly disappeared Friday after an issue with the Department of Homeland Security allegedly showing a location of "Israel" before returning, but the damage was already done.

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