Canadian researchers who track online misinformation and foreign interference are welcoming a new feature that reveals the location of an X account but warn that it still has glitches and its results should be taken with a grain of salt.

While revealing true locations has the potential to unmask fake accounts and foreign actors pretending to be Canadians to try to influence politics, they also warn that it could present a danger to people like dissidents by revealing their locations or the fact that they are using VPNs to communicate online.

On Friday, X, formerly Twitter, rolled out a new “about this account” feature which lists the geographic location of accounts. While those concerned with the spread of misinformation and disinformation on social media by bad actors had called on X to

See Full Page