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2026-05-09 Cyber
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HOAX confirmed: Thomas Massie claims that when X initially started revealing account locations, the official DHS Twitter account showed it was set up in Israel
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| An own goal at precisely the wrong time, while revealing to the world exactly what he is. |
| Snopes looked into it last year, and published an exhaustive report. They are overall biased to the Progressive side, but they’ve been researching urban legends and internet hoaxes since the 1990s, so have mastered the process. Go to the link to see all the referenced tweets |
Investigating claim DHS runs official X account from Israel
Rumors started to fly after Elon Musk's social media platform temporarily made information about its users' localizations public.
Shortly after a new feature on X in late November 2025 revealed from where accounts on Elon Musk's social media platform were posting, a rumor began to spread that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was running its official account from Tel Aviv, Israel.
For example, a post shared a supposed screen capture of the DHS X account's details (archived):
The screen capture read:
Homeland Security @DHSgov
Date joined July 2008 in Israel
Account based in Tel Aviv, Israel
16 username changes Last on July 2008
Connected via Israel App Store
As of this writing, the post had more than 39 million views and 330,000 likes. The same rumor appeared many times on X. Some posts claimed that X turned off the feature 20 minutes after the DHS account's location was exposed.
The viral screenshot did not include a gray checkmark — which is used for verified accounts of governmental organizations and officials — putting its authenticity in question. Further, on Nov. 25, the account that first posted the screenshot appeared to share information on how it had been created (archived). In other words, it seemed to be an admission that the claim the DHS X account was run from Israel was based on a fabricated screen capture:
We have contacted this account asking for confirmation the claim was a hoax and will update this report should we receive a response.
It is true that in late November 2025, X began rolling out (archived) a feature that had the result of revealing many accounts that claimed to be based in U.S. were in fact run from other countries.
The previous month, on Oct. 14, Nikita Bier — the company's head of product — said the social media platform was working on developing this feature (archived) to increase transparency:
It was also true that shortly after launching it, X shut off the part of the new feature that showed where an account was created. Bier confirmed as much on Nov. 22 (archived), saying the "account creation country was incorrect on a very small subset of old accounts."
He later added the company was working to fix this. On Nov. 23, he said an update (archived) was due in 12 hours and that accuracy would be "99.9%." Nearly 15 hours later, Snopes had yet to see the feature reactivated on X's website or iOS app.
After he became aware of the DHS rumor, Bier said it was "fake news" and that @DHSgov, the agency's official X account (verified with a gray check that indicates a government official or agency) never displayed its localization for security reasons (archived, archived):
However, on the morning of Nov. 24 — after X switched off the part of the new feature that showed the creation country — Snopes verified that the DHS X account's About page did display a localization, saying it was based in the U.S.:
Bier said in an email that X added the localization for the DHS account "with their permission" after the "hoax." Snopes examined the X About pages of the Department of Defense, Department of State, Department of Justice and Treasury Department. As Bier said, none of them contained geographical information.
For further reading, we also investigated whether Musk shut down X's location feature after it revealed two-thirds of X's "MAGA and far-right accounts" were based in Bangladesh, Nigeria and Russia.
| And a reminder who we’re dealing with: |
In Trump's crosshairs, Massie rakes in more than $1M this week while fighting for political life
[FoxNews] Rep. Thomas Massie faces Trump-backed former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein in a heated U.S. House GOP primary showdown
Rep. Thomas Massie's campaign has raked in more than $1 million so far since launching a "Moneybomb" fundraiser on Monday morning, according to a running tally displayed on the fundraising website.
The embattled Republican, who represents Kentucky's 4th Congressional District, is competing in a GOP primary showdown against former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein, the candidate backed by vociferous Massie critic President Donald Trump
 ...The man who was so stupid he beat fourteen professional politicians, a former tech CEO, and a brain surgeon for the Republican nomination in 2016, then beat The Smartest Woman in the World in the general election. Then he beat Kamala while dodging bullets...
Gallrein's campaign fired back, providing Fox News Digital with the following statement from senior advisor Tim Murtaugh: "These are the last gasps of a member of Congress who promised to term limit himself to three terms, but is now seeking his 8th. He’s turned his back on Kentucky, he’s pointlessly antagonized President Trump, and has tried to obstruct the entire America First agenda. Thomas Massie serves only one person — Thomas Massie — and the voters of Kentucky’s 4th District are about to show him the door. Ed Gallrein is a heavily decorated, retired Navy SEAL a solid conservative who will support President Trump and the America First agenda. Massie’s ego and his act are worn out."
The upcoming May 19 primary in Kentucky is less than two weeks away.
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