Flair AI co-founder Mickey Friedman proposes an "Origins" feature for X to expose foreign influence campaigns using geographic engagement data

Long shot, but one easy way to reduce antisemitism on X would be to introduce an 'Origins' feature under 'View Post Activity', showing where Likes are geographically concentrated

antisemitic content is amplified by adversarial states that benefit from undermining the US's alliances and moral authority. its common knowledge that Iran and Russia have both used antisemitic narratives to attack jewish institutions, delegitimize ukraine’s jewish president, and cast jewish conspiracies

less well-known - VOA and DoubleThink Lab (article linked below) have reported that china-linked spamouflage networks have been circulating content portraying the US admin as controlled by jews. the analysis found that these accounts often amplify existing tweets to give them the appearance of organic consensus, rather than grow their own accounts

the next time i see an antisemitic tweet with 30k+ likes, i'd want to know where those likes are coming from. if a large share of that engagement is coming from accounts using VPNs, proxies, or unreliable location signals, show that to me, too.

ofc this extends past purely antisemitic content - users should be able to see when any divisive political narrative is being disproportionately amplified from abroad. we just have to make provenance visible: who is organically reacting, and who is trying to manufacture the illusion of consensus, especially with the rise of AI.

attaching what i think the feature should look like below, and where it should be located

Long shot, but one easy way to reduce antisemitism on X would be to introduce an 'Origins' feature under 'View Post Activity', showing where Likes are geographically concentrated

antisemitic content is amplified by adversarial states that benefit from undermining the US's alliances and moral authority. its common knowledge that Iran and Russia have both used antisemitic narratives to attack jewish institutions, delegitimize ukraine’s jewish president, and cast jewish conspiracies

less well-known - VOA and DoubleThink Lab (article linked below) have reported that china-linked spamouflage networks have been circulating content portraying the US admin as controlled by jews. the analysis found that these accounts often amplify existing tweets to give them the appearance of organic consensus, rather than grow their own accounts

the next time i see an antisemitic tweet with 30k+ likes, i'd want to know where those likes are coming from. if a large share of that engagement is coming from accounts using VPNs, proxies, or unreliable location signals, show that to me, too.

ofc this extends past purely antisemitic content - users should be able to see when any divisive political narrative is being disproportionately amplified from abroad. we just have to make provenance visible: who is organically reacting, and who is trying to manufacture the illusion of consensus, especially with the rise of AI.

attaching what i think the feature should look like below, and where it should be located