Elon Musk’s X activated a new feature over the weekend called “About this account,” which allows anyone to check where in the world an account is based. Many accounts purporting to be from the U.S. have been exposed as foreign influence operations. But the chaotic rollout by X has allowed plenty of disinformation to spread and is likely to cause even more problems for verifying information in the future.

It all started the night of Thursday, Nov. 20, when X users noticed that they could check the location of their own accounts by clicking the “joined” date in their bio. Users were expecting the rollout, since X’s head of product, Nikita Bier, wrote last week that it would be coming soon.

Right-wing influencer Katie Pavlich tweeted Nov. 15: “Hey @elonmusk, please make it mandatory that w

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