Overview
- The new “About this account” panel shows where an account is based, its original join date, username-change history, and how the app was downloaded.
- X briefly surfaced country labels broadly, then pulled back after reports of misattributed locations, with staff citing confounds such as Starlink and VPN usage.
- Access remains limited, with many users able to view their own panel but not others’ profiles as X iterates on accuracy and staging.
- Privacy controls let accounts display a country or a broader region, and code and company comments indicate a forthcoming notice when VPNs or proxies may affect location data.
- Journalists and users report that politically active profiles presenting as U.S.-based or as on-the-ground witnesses were operating from abroad, prompting fresh scrutiny of large accounts across ideological lines.