(CNN) — A new X feature over the weekend revealed that several pro-Trump accounts with large followings are not US-based, despite content and some bios suggesting otherwise.

On X account profiles, clicking on an account’s date of creation reveals the country or region where the account is based. Users can toggle a privacy button to just show a region instead of a specific country.

CNN could not independently verify the locations of these accounts.

The revelation not only underscores how many foreign actors use social media to try to shape American society, it also shows how those kinds of influence attempts could grow in the future — especially with strong financial incentives for accounts to try to rack up user engagement.

X’s head of product, Nikita Bier, posted that the change “i

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