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fromThe Atlantic
3 days ago

Elon Musk's Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors

Over the weekend, Elon Musk's X rolled out a feature that had the immediate result of sowing maximum chaos. The update, called "About This Account," allows people to click on the profile of an X user and see such information as: which country the account was created in, where its user is currently based, and how many times the username has been changed.
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fromTechCrunch
6 days ago

X begins rolling out the 'About this account' feature to users' profiles | TechCrunch

X is adding an 'About this Account' profile feature showing location, username-change history, original join date, and app source to help spot inauthentic accounts.
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