[TruffleLabs]

"“When you read content on X, you should be able to verify its authenticity. This is critical to getting a pulse on important issues happening in the world,” posted Nikita Bier, Head of Product at X, back on October 14, 2025."

That feature of showing where an account was created was on for a bit and then turned off... it highlights that many accounts implying they are in the USA are actually not and probably not who they claim to be.

[locknitpicker]

> That feature of showing where an account was created was on for a bit and then turned off... it highlights that many accounts implying they are in the USA are actually not and probably not who they claim to be.

I recall that Twitter had a serious account takeover problem which reached the point that eve high profile accounts were hijacked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Twitter_account_hijacking

Of course owners of dead accounts don't complain.

The way Elon Musk's Twitter decided to render blue checkmarks useless leads me to believe this is by design.