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2025.11.25 12:00 (Updated 2025.11.25) | Lü Xuanhuai
CommunityX owner Elon Musk. (Wikimedia Commons)Elon Musk's social media platform X recently launched a mechanism to publicly disclose "account registration location and IP address," enhancing the platform's transparency. Since the new feature went live, numerous accounts that previously claimed to be U.S. or local users have been revealed to actually be registered in Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, and other regions. This has exposed many suspected fraud groups, online troll organizations, and fake political propaganda accounts, leaving them nowhere to hide.
It is widely believed that X's new measures could become an important tool in combating overseas disinformation, fraud, and political manipulation, setting an example for global social media platforms.
However, another social media giant, Meta, is facing pressure from Congress over controversy surrounding its alleged profiting from fraudulent ads. Reuters reports that Meta may be profiting significantly from pushing fraudulent or prohibited ads through Facebook and Instagram. U.S. Senators Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal have even written to the FTC and SEC requesting an investigation into Meta.
The report reveals that internal Meta documents show that approximately 10% of the company's annual revenue comes from illegal or high-risk advertising, with "fraudulent advertising" alone generating about $3.5 billion in revenue every six months. In a letter, lawmakers stated that if this is true, Meta could not only have to return the ill-gotten gains but also be held liable for over $50 billion in fraudulent losses across the United States.
Although Meta emphasized that it had reduced fraudulent returns by 58% over the past 18 months, and a spokesperson accused the reports of being "exaggerated and erroneous," lawmakers still found a large number of ads for illegal gambling, cryptocurrency scams, AI deepfake pornography, and fake grants after reviewing Meta's advertising database.
Following X's successful exposure of numerous fraudulent and cyber army accounts after revealing the real registration locations of its accounts, attention has begun to shift regarding whether Meta, which is under scrutiny by Congress, will be forced to follow X's lead and disclose information about the origins of its accounts.
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