GoKawiilX expands 'Under the Hood' tool to reveal government-ordered post restrictions
X announced it will now notify users when their posts or accounts have had visibility limited because the company complied with a government's legal demand. This builds on the 'Under the Hood' transparency feature launched in August, letting users with at least 10 monthly posts download a data file showing labels, downranking, and which country requested the restriction.
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For years users suspected shadowbanning without evidence, and government content requests were typically disclosed only in vague aggregate transparency reports. By naming specific countries and posts affected by legal takedown demands, X is offering unusually granular insight into state censorship pressure on social platforms, which could increase public scrutiny of both governments and X's own compliance choices.
- X now discloses account/post-level government-driven content restrictions, not just aggregate stats.
- The expanded 'Under the Hood' tool identifies which country requested a post's removal or downranking.
- This move directly addresses long-standing user complaints about unexplained shadowbanning.
Source: techcrunch.com — Sarah Perez, 2026-09-21
Published there as: “X will now tell users when governments have forced it to limit their posts”
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