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X's location feature exposes foreign-run US outrage accounts

One post says an account stirring US outrage appears to be based in Dubai, not the United States.

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Aakash GuptaLead source
The guy telling Americans to freak out about this video lives in Dubai, and he only made his X account back in May. He's posted about 2,000 times since then, roughly 10 a day, and Dearborn keeps coming up. Now go watch the clip with the caption covered. A guy in a black jacket is standing on some grass next to a flowerbed with cars parked behind him, and he swings a gold sword toward whoever's filming. Look at the very top of the frame and you can still see the bottom of somebody else's caption that got cropped off, so this video was floating around somewhere else before it ended up here. The funny part is Michigan law. Any adult can stand on that same patch of grass with a rifle out in the open, no permit needed. State law is fine with carrying a blade in the open too, as long as you're…
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