Overview
- X expanded its Under The Hood tool to flag when an account or specific posts had visibility reduced because the service complied with a government legal request.
- Qualified users can download a JSON file from the app that lists the affected posts and the country linked to each restriction, with reported eligibility tied to recent posting activity and possible account-age rules.
- X has not clarified whether the reports will name the government agency, the specific legal order or the statute involved, and reporters are asking how this will work in places with confidentiality rules such as India’s Section 69A.
- The move shifts some public scrutiny from X’s moderation choices to national regulators by showing which limits stem from law enforcement or government demands rather than platform policy.
- The change builds on earlier transparency steps, including partial open-sourcing of recommendation code, but the raw JSON format may require non-technical users to use tools or AI to interpret the data.