Continent Tag In X’s ‘About This Account’ Feature Alarms Users Over Bangladesh, Pakistan Psyops

X’s new transparency tool reveals account origins, but journalists say region-only tags let bad actors hide. (IMAGE: REUTERS)

Indian journalists on X welcomed the platform’s new ‘About This Account’ feature but pointed out that allowing users to list only a region or continent may help misinformation networks hide their real location. They argued that without mandatory country-level tagging, malicious accounts can mask their identity and avoid scrutiny.

Journalists Abhijit Majumdar, Sreemoy Talukdar and Vikram Chandra said Bangladeshi and Pakistani handles that frequently post anti-India content will now be able to fly under the radar by choosing these broad geographic location categories.

“There are scores of accounts that were spreading anti-India hate, got identified as Pakistani acc