Armies of X: How did Elon Musk put governments in their place?

X’s new feature, activated a few days ago, has laid bare for the first time a truth that has been discussed on social media for years but never proven: States have effectively built “armies” on social platforms. It is now impossible to hide where these armies are run from, which centers give the orders, or which countries operate under which identity masks.To understand the significance of the rupture happening right before our eyes, we must first acknowledge this: Social media is no longer a space for debate — it has become the main front in a proxy war conducted by states. Elon Musk has lifted the veil on this long-running, behind-the-screen war. And he has done so in a way that leaves no state able to say, “That’s not me.” At this point, no one can argue that “social media is a platform for discussion.”

REAL PEOPLE ARE NOW THE EXCEPTION

The sudden, simultaneous “explosion” of operational accounts on X exposed not only their geographic locations but also the coordination between bot cells. The emerging picture revealed — for the first time — Zionist networks, UAE–Saudi Arabia–Egypt–based operations, U.S. and Germany-linked media accounts, troll factories centered in India and Taiwan. Thus, the digital war suddenly moved into plain sight.

To summarize the landscape:

– Accounts posing as Islamists while attacking Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the resistance were mostly run from Egypt–Saudi Arabia–UAE.

– Profiles claiming “I’m Syrian” and provoking nationalist sentiment in Türkiye were controlled by Saudi teams.

– Some journalists targeting Gaza were linked to Mossad and operated out of the U.S. and Germany.

– Thousands of accounts supporting Israel’s far-right were India-based.

– A portion of the profiles claiming “I’m broadcasting from Gaza” were run from Africa.

This picture tells us the following: A real user, a real voice, a real human thought has become the exception on social media.

WE ARE DON QUIXOTES

I haven’t had an X account for two years, but the manipulation, the operations run by states, and the psychological warfare centers seep into every area of life. During the February 6 earthquakes, during forest fires, during election cycles… We have repeatedly witnessed how X can function as a machine that generates social destruction and chaos.

In my column last July, titled “Don Quixotes Who Curse at Bots,” I said exactly this: “One out of every three posts you see on X is not human. Well-meaning X users who try to put bots in their place, who are trying to persuade, who want to shout the truth, don’t realize they are the modern-day Don Quixotes fighting windmills.”

MUSK SHOWED STATES WHO’S IN CHARGE

But the key issue now is not that these accounts were suddenly exposed. The real question hovering in everyone’s mind is this: We took note of these revelations — but what exactly is Elon Musk trying to achieve by dumping states’ dirty accounts into the open?

As Yuval Noah Harari — one of the top thinkers shaping the future and a leading figure of Zionist intellectual circles — says: “Those who control data will define not only the future of humanity but the future of life.”

Here’s my observation: By revealing the fifth-column operations states run through X, Elon Musk essentially displayed his own power. At the same time, he declared that X — which some accuse him of turning into a toy — is not just a social media platform but a domain of digital sovereignty.

At a time when it is increasingly acknowledged that tech companies holding data have the power to neutralize states, Musk sent this message to the powerful: “I am the owner and ruler of X. While you wage war against one another, I control your battlefield. You can fight only within the limits I allow.”

THE DIRECTION OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA AGE HAS SHIFTED

So does this exposure not devalue the platforms in the eyes of real users? It seems so — but platforms are simultaneously reinventing ways to “retain” users as they shed their old skins.

Byung-Chul Han’s line captures X and this moment perfectly: “Transparency turns people into glass. Unlimited freedom and communication become total control and surveillance.” In other words, social media users are forced to remain visible to maintain their existence — while states are fighting to remain invisible.

The war in the virtual realm will not end with these revelations; the front has already shifted. Musk has taken a step that will redefine the direction of the social media era. By purging state intelligence structures from X, he signaled who will hold power in the coming AI age.

For this reason, Musk’s disclosure is not meant to belittle states’ digital armies — it is meant to force them to acknowledge “who the real commander is.”

This question is no longer a “tangle”: Are states’ digital armies stronger, or are the tech empires — META, X, Amazon, TikTok — that control their battlefield stronger?

The new question is this: In this new digital sovereignty order, will states control the tech giants, or will tech giants determine the fate of states?