X expands transparency tool to show government content limits
Users can now see when posts are downranked or withheld due to government demands and identify which country made the request.
What to know
- X expanded its transparency tool to show users when governments force it to downrank or withhold their posts and which country made the request.
- Users can access the feature via a JSON file download in X app settings, making government content-filtering visible at the account and post level—more granular than typical industry transparency reports.
- The move follows X's August launch of "Under the Hood" and broader efforts to open-source its algorithm and moderation systems.
- Free-expression advocates have long raised concerns that governments use content laws to suppress political dissent rather than address hate speech or terrorism.
“Previously, information about how an X user's account or posts were being labeled and downranked was not available to end users.”
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X expands transparency tool to show government content filtering — X announced an expansion of "Under the Hood" to display when posts have been downranked or withheld due to government-required content filtering, and to specify which country made the request. The file will show which posts were withheld following legal demands.
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Transparency effort positions X as open about moderation constraints
The expansion reflects X's broader strategy to open-source parts of its recommendation system and algorithm, including the "For You" algorithm parameters. Keith Coleman, X's vice president of product, previously described such releases as surprising for their scope.
“the kind of thing that I think people will be fairly shocked that we are releasing…”
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「Xは今後、政府によって投稿制限を強制された場合、ユーザーにその旨を通知する。 」： # TechClunch 「Xは月曜日、 現地法の遵守のため、投稿が「シャドウバン」（表示される人数が制限される状態）になった場合にユーザーに通知すると発表した 。この機能は、ソーシャルネットワークが以前から提供していた「Under the Hood」と呼ばれる透明性ツールを拡張したもので、ユーザーは自分のアカウントや投稿に、プラットフォーム上での表示に影響を与える可能性のあるラベルが貼られているかどうかを確認できる。 また、政府が義務付けるコンテンツフィルタリングによってユーザーの投稿のランキングが低下した場合も、それを明確に表示します。…
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X is expanding its “Under the Hood” transparency tool to show when posts have been downranked or withheld in response to local laws and government demands, including which country made the request. https:// techcrunch.com/2026/09/21/x-wi ll-now-tell-users-when-governments-have-forced-it-to-limit-their-posts/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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X rolls out "Under the Hood" transparency tool — X launched its initial transparency tool allowing users who have posted at least 10 times in a month to download their aggregate moderation stats as a JSON file, showing labels applied to their account or posts.
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- X will now tell users when governments have forced it to limit their posts TechCrunch · 2d ago