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X’s plans for this feature were first announced in October, when X’s head of product, Nikita Beer, said the company would experiment with displaying this information on profiles, starting with his own account and those of X’s employees. The idea is that by revealing these details, users will be able to make a more informed decision about whether they are interacting with a real account or whether the account is a bot or a bad actor, looking to sow discord or spread misinformation.
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Last weekend, Pierre responded to a post in which a user asked Elon Musk to ask accounts to display information about their whereabouts, by telling the user: “Give me 72 hours.”
In the days that followed, more people saw the About This Account feature become available on their profiles.
To view your account information on the web or in the X mobile app, you’ll tap the “Join” date on your profile. From here, you’ll be taken to a page that shows the date you joined Twitter/X, the location of your account, how many changes have been made to your username and when the last change occurred, and how you’re connected to X — like via the US App Store or Google Play, for example.
But while some users globally are reporting the feature appearing on their profiles, TechCrunch is unable to access this account information on other people’s profiles as of press time. This may be because X wants to give users time to preview their information for accuracy and adjust their settings before rolling it out more widely.
Specifically, X allows users to adjust whether or not the feature displays their country or if it only displays their geographic region. Originally, the company said this would be an option in regions where free speech could be penalized, but we’re finding that even users in the US can choose to set their profile to display their country or region/continent. (But country is the default option).
To make the change, you can access the “About your account” setting under the “Privacy & Security” settings for the X app.
A reverse engineer who dug into the app’s code (see below) also discovered that X appears to be working on an additional feature that will display a warning on your account if you use a VPN to hide your location. It’s not clear whether or not this feature will go live, but if it does, it will let others know that the user’s “country or region” may not be accurate.
X did not respond to a request for comment about the rollout. However, Pierre joked about all the recent views, noting that people were seeing the feature when it first started rolling out.
X is not the first social network to provide this level of transparency to users. For example, Instagram has long offered a similar “About this account” feature.
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