Elon Musk's new X policy unwittingly exposes MAGA influencers as foreign trolls [View all]

Changes at Elon Musk’s X may have unwittingly revealed that many MAGA accounts are actually foreign actors profiting from the sowing of division in the U.S.

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Once the feature was live, political rivals began to dig into each other's accounts, and a trend began to emerge — many popular MAGA and right-wing influencer accounts were not based in the U.S.

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Dozens of right-wing accounts pushing U.S. political content were actually started in places like India, Russia, and Nigeria. (@ the end of the day all these phony accounts go back to Russia … my Two cents …. Storm 15-16)

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Last year, the Department of Justice discovered that a number of popular right-wing influencers were — reportedly — unwittingly working for a company that was actually a Russian influence operation, meaning they were taking payment from a Russian company to push their ideas.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/musk-x-maga-influencers-foreign-b2870944.html?callback=in&code=MTFJZWM5YTATZWVHMS0ZN2VKLWE3ZDKTYMMXYJZIZJFLMTFI&state=ff30d949eac54b48b153124b0e41c1d1


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