X will Soon Show If You’re Using a VPN

The social network X is expected to begin displaying in user profiles weather someone may be using a VPN to obscure their location.

Based on a post in October about transparency on the platform authored by the company’s head of product, Nikita Bier, and follow-ups from others that show how the new information would be displayed, there are concerns that people using X might be outed for using the technology.

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