{"id":299064,"date":"2025-11-25T21:05:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T21:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/xs-new-location-feature-exposes-misleading-politics-accounts-global-news-podcast\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T21:05:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T21:05:17","slug":"xs-new-location-feature-exposes-misleading-politics-accounts-global-news-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/xs-new-location-feature-exposes-misleading-politics-accounts-global-news-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"X&#8217;s new location feature exposes misleading politics accounts | Global News Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/PKr3BAA_H-w\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"X's new location feature exposes misleading politics accounts | Global News Podcast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PKr3BAA_H-w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Dozens of high engagement accounts on the social media platform X have been accused of misleading users following the rollout of a new transparency feature that shows user locations.<\/p>\n<p>BBC Verify has found accounts posing as US and Scottish users getting involved in national political debates, which actually seem to be run by people in other countries such as Kenya and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC\u2019s Shayan Sardarizadeh and Thomas Copeland have been telling the Global News Podcast about the story.  <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the Global News Podcast wherever you get your podcasts or find more episodes here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/GlobalNewsPodcast<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of high engagement accounts on the social media platform X have been accused of misleading users following the rollout of a new transparency feature that shows user locations. 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