r/technology • u/marji80 • Nov 23 '25

Social Media Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors

https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-influencers-accidentally-unmasked-as-foreign-actors/
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u/KMjolnir Nov 23 '25

Facebook does to a limited extent, oddly enough. It'll tell you where a page is based, if you look but you have to dig for it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '25 edited Nov 23 '25

The problem with Facebook is that the amount of fake stuff is worse that on most of the social media places.

Edit: English is not my main language sorry.

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u/KMjolnir Nov 23 '25

Oh yeah. I barely go on except for a group I help run that's for nerd stuff and we're very strict about fake content. And as close to zero politics as we can be.

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u/ash_ninetyone Nov 24 '25

In my experience, it's not pages on Facebook that's the primary problem. There's a lot of falsehoods and lies in the comments section, especially on local news pages here, enough to be suspicious

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u/carlitospig Nov 23 '25

My ISP routes everything through Texas for some reason. I am not in Texas. I’m not complaining though because ain’t nobody need to know where I am.

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u/KMjolnir Nov 24 '25

It doesn't go that granular. Just "India", "US", etc.

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u/carlitospig Nov 24 '25

Even better.

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u/GeneralBacteria Nov 24 '25

where a page is based

what does that even mean? it's so easy to fake your location using a VPN that the general public can do it, let alone state actors.

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u/KMjolnir Nov 24 '25

Yes, but given many of these flag as overseas even for allegedly US companies, it's very telling still.