The Elon Musk-owned social media site is currently developing new tools to improve account transparency and authenticity, including showing in user profiles the time the account was registered, the country or region in which it is located, and the region through which the app store downloaded and installed the client (such as the United States).
For example, a troll group controls a large number of accounts. These accounts pretend to be users from a specific country, such as the United States, to post content to gain attention. Displaying the country or region and app store can help other users easily distinguish whether the user is a real user from a specific country.
However, it is a very simple matter to modify the App Store area itself. For example, users from other countries or regions can register an Apple US account to download the client, and those who want to forge a region can do so through VPN or other proxy tools, so users who really want to forge information still have a way.
Now X/Twitter is preparing to launch new features to continue optimizing the display of countries or regions. Specifically, X will work with partners to detect user networks or IP addresses. If it is detected that the user may be using tools such as proxies or VPNs, the IP address of the proxy or VPN tool will not be used as a method to determine the country or region.
Related tips will indicate: You may be connecting through a proxy such as a VPN, which may change the country or region displayed in your profile. Your profile will be displayed as country or region information may be inaccurate, and other users cannot view the specific region.
That is to say, if the user later finds that an account cannot display the country or region normally, it means that the account may be using a proxy or VPN tool. X hopes to use this method to help other users correctly identify the information of certain accounts or trolls.
This has no impact on most ordinary users. After all, it doesn’t matter if ordinary users cannot display the region correctly, but it may cause some trouble for some trolls who control a large number of accounts. At that time, these trolls may continue to fake the region by renting home native IPs.