A new feature on Elon Musk's X is exposing the truth behind social media accounts across the political spectrum, with account owners apparently misleading followers about where they are posting from.

X announced that it will display the region in which an account is based. The information is visible under the new "About This Account" section. X removed the feature for some accounts on Saturday.

X has already removed a feature showing users' country of origin after briefly rolling it out for a few hours late at night. Credit: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images If you were perusing Elon ...

Elon Musk’s X has begun rolling out a new feature for user profiles that will display information about the account, including where it’s based, how many times the account has changed its username, ...

Advocates for transparency on social media cheered this weekend when X, the app owned by tech billionaire Elon Musk, rolled out a new feature that disclosed what the company said were the country ...

Although the Model X launched a decade ago and hasn't had a major overhaul since, it continues to make a great first impression, and for many of the same reasons. It's still wowing to see the gullwing ...

In November 2025, a claim (archived) circulated online that Elon Musk, the X owner and former adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, shut down X's account-location feature after it revealed ...

The new location tool on X has revealed that a slew of users seeking donations while claiming to be posting from inside Gaza are actually outside the zone and taking advantage of the devastating war.

Elon Musk's social media platform X has begun rolling out a new feature called “About this account”, which displays the location of a profile, its creation date, and the frequency of username changes.

A new feature on X revealed that many influential MAGA accounts are not actually based in the US. President Donald Trump has continued sharing their posts anyway. These accounts largely post about ...

You'll soon be able to see more information about X accounts, including where they're based and how many times they've changed their usernames. X is rolling out a new feature called "About this ...

Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, has rolled out a feature where going to the ‘Joined’ tab on one's profile, displays the country of origin for that account. Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, has ...