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Many prominent MAGA personalities on X are based outside US, new tool reveals
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Also... to add some international facts:
We have also seen such things as Slovakian right-wing politicians with apps downloaded in Russia or Irish nationalists in reality operating from the US.
So totally not surprisingly -for people with more than 2 working brain cells at least- this is not just about MAGA. This is nationalist and far-right narratives and policies being pushed by foreign actors everywhere.
Some of that is just the nature of living in a global society. Someone moves for work/political reasons but still cares about their previous country. And, increasingly, they are more able to criticize it because they don't (know they) have to care about getting detained at a border crossing or whatever else.
That isn't at all to say that there aren't entire economies built around misinformation and propaganda. But so much of this has been immediately tainted by xenophobia by Both Sides and so forth. Not to mention all the people who think they "gotcha"d government officials posting from israel... right after an extended trip by the trump admin to israel.
Like all things, people actually need to apply a bit of critical thought and look at how that account has been representing itself rather than just a kneejerk "You failed my purity test so you are Other and you no longer matter and maybe all you Others should stop existing"
The significant representation described in the article is not "some ppl who may have moved".
Yes, they focused on MAGA in the article, but it doesn't make it less significant.
And that is a subset of the accounts.
Again, the problem is all the "gotchas" from people who translate "These influencers are clearly people in a call center" with "No accounts outside of Ireland should have any say on Irish politics"
Those "some" you mention are a miniscule minority.
That official US government account posting from Israel while a big political delegation is there right now? Sure.
Bigger numbers of very active MAGA influencers consistently posting from Russia or Nigeria? All those proud Irish "Celtic Warriors" posting from the US? Eastern European far-right politicians pushing Russian narratives and using Twitter through Russian apps? No, that's a very obvious pattern.
So while your first about a global society is technically correct, it is definitely not the defining portion in this. And stressing "that can happen and is totally normal" when it's an exception has the sour aftertaste of a diversion.
Odd, then, that the vast majority of troll pressure has been in favor of only one side.
Cliche.
Another cliche.
If it's a foreign-imperialist troll farm, yeah, it should stop existing. Continuing to operate such extensive propaganda operations is an act of war.