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X purges 13,000 accounts linked to suspected meddling ahead of US midterms
X removed over 13,000 accounts it attributed to Iran, Russia, and China that were conducting coordinated inauthentic behavior to amplify political content ahead of the November 3 US midterm elections. The platform relied on its Civic Integrity policy and crowdsourced Community Notes to manage misleading electoral information, though it disclosed no technical evidence for its attribution. X's moderation capacity has contracted following staff reductions after Elon Musk's acquisition.
Why it matters: Election security teams and threat researchers need to track foreign influence operations targeting democratic processes, and practitioners should understand that platform removals often lack transparent evidentiary support.
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