Washington ¨C Elon Musk¡¯s social media platform X erupted in uproar after the rollout of a feature revealing an account¡¯s location, exposing what users describe as global troll farms and influence operations on the platform ¡ª including in support of U.S. President Donald Trump.
X¡¯s head of product Nikita Bier launched the feature over the weekend, allowing users ¡°to see the country or region where an account is based,¡± in a bid to boost transparency on a platform that tech experts say is rife with disinformation.
¡°This is an important first step to securing the integrity of the global town square,¡± Bier wrote on X.
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