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X's new location feature exposes many US political accounts as foreign-run

They go by names like @TRUMP_ARMY or @MAGANationX, and their verified accounts proudly display portraits of President Donald Trump, voter rallies and American flags. And they're constantly posting about US politics to their followers, sounding like diehard fans of the president. But after a weekend update to the social media platform X, it's now clear that the owners of these accounts, and many others, are located in regions such as South Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe. Elon Musk's X unveiled a feature Saturday that lets users see where an account is based. Online sleuths and experts quickly found that many popular accounts, often but not limited to posting in support of the MAGA movement to thousands or hundreds of thousands of followers, are based outside the United States raising concerns about foreign influence on US politics. Researchers at NewsGuard, a firm that tracks online misinformation, identified several popular accounts purportedly run by Americans interested in .

Cloudflare outage hits major websites and services, including ChatGPT and X

Cloudflare was investigating an issue that "potentially impacts multiple customers," the San Francisco-based company said on its website.

Elon Musk's X goes down as thousands report US outages, other services hit

'X' suffered a large-scale outage affecting thousands in the US, with Cloudflare and OpenAI reporting similar problems

X Corp challenges legality of 'Sahyog' portal takedown in Karnataka HC

Social media giant 'X' Corp has informed the Karnataka High Court that it received 29,118 government requests to remove content between January and June 2025, complying with 26,641 of them, a 91.49 per cent compliance rate. The company argued that these figures contradict a single judge's September 24 finding that the platform intends to defy Indian law. The data was furnished as part of X's writ appeal against the order upholding the Union government's 'Sahyog' portal, the online system used to issue takedown directions to intermediaries. In its recent appeal, X Corp contended that government agencies are unlawfully using Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act, 2000, along with Rule 3(1)(d) of the 2021 IT Rules, to issue content removal orders. This, the company said, creates a parallel and unconstitutional mechanism that bypasses Section 69A of the IT Act, the only statutory process for blocking online content in India. The Supreme Court, in Shreya Singhal versus Unio

Threads add new features for podcast discovery and more: Check what's new

Meta is adding podcast-focused features to Threads, aiming to make the app a place where creators share shows and users join discussions around their favourite podcasts

Hype around Zoho's apps and ghost of Koo: Will it soar or stumble?

Renewing his call to go vocal for local, Home Minister Amit Shah announced his switch to Zoho Mail. But its rapid rise is reminiscent of Koo, which struggled against the global network giants

Musk settles suit by ex-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal over denied severance pay

The accord comes as Musk and officials of X Corp - Twitter's new name - agreed in August to settle a $500 million suit by about 6,000 laid off rank-and-file employees

YouTube to pay $24.5 mn to settle Trump lawsuit over Jan 6 account ban

As part of the agreement, Trump has directed YouTube to contribute $22 million of the settlement towards the construction of a new White House ballroom

X to challenge Karnataka HC order upholding Sahyog portal validity

Elon Musk's X will challenge the Karnataka High Court verdict that upheld the Centre's Sahyog portal, which allows online content takedowns without judicial review

Musk's X 'deeply concerned' by HC content takedown order, plans appeal

X owner Elon Musk, a free-speech absolutist, has often clashed with authorities, but the firm's India lawsuit challenges the very foundation of the country's tightened internet regulation

Social media can't be left in 'anarchic freedom': Karnataka High Court

Observing that social media could not be left in "anarchic freedom", the court said that every sovereign nation regulated social media

Social media can't be left in anarchic freedom: K'taka HC quashes X's plea

The Karnataka HC dismissed X's plea against the Sahyog portal, calling it a public-good mechanism, noting that social media cannot be left in unregulated

Karnataka High Court dismisses X's petition on content removal rules

Filed in March, the company's case against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in the Karnataka High Court had targeted the entire basis for tightened internet censorship in India

OpenAI recruits xAI's former CFO Mike Liberatore amid Musk-Altman feud

The hiring of xAI's CFO by OpenAI is expected to escalate the talent rivalry between CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk, intensifying one of tech's biggest feuds

Mirai Twitter review: Manchu Manoj shines in Teja Sajja's sci-fi thriller

Karthik Gattamneni's film 'Mirai', starring Teja Sajja was released today, Sept 12, sparking a buzz on social media. It is produced by TG Vishwa Prasad and Krithi Prasad under 'People Media Factory'

Nepal GenZ protests: PM Oli resigns, Parliament set afire amid clashes

Several other ministers, including the Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development Ramnath Adhikari, and Minister for Water Supply Pradeep Yadav, have resigned

Meta's Threads now lets users attach longer text to posts: How it works

Threads now supports long text attachments, allowing creators to share detailed ideas, articles, and excerpts directly in posts to engage audiences

Soon, Threads will get X-like long-form text sharing feature: What is it

The Meta-owned app Threads is experimenting with a "text attachment" tool that lets users share longer posts without splitting them into multiple updates

Musk's X reaches tentative $500 mn settlement with ex-Twitter workers

The parties disclosed the deal in a Wednesday court filing asking for a scheduled Sept 17 hearing in the case to be postponed

Kingdom X reviews: Netizens impressed with Vijay Deverakonda's performance

Kingdom X reviews: Netizens were in praise of Vijay Deverakonda's performance in 'Kingdom'. Originally slated to hit theatres on May 30, it was postponed to July 4 due to the Pahalgam terror attack