The social media platform X said it will begin informing users when their posts have been limited in response to local laws or government requests.
The feature — part of X’s transparency tool known as “Under the Hood,” first introduced in August — aims to provide users with more transparency into the platform’s moderation decisions.
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“We’ve expanded Under The Hood after seeing people’s appreciation of more transparency into government-required content filtering,” X said. “In addition to showing labels applied to your account and posts in the prior month, Under The Hood now shows if your account or posts had their visibility limited because of required compliance with local law(s).”
We’ve expanded Under The Hood after seeing people’s appreciation of more transparency into government-required content filtering.
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The feature is available to users with accounts at least one year old who have posted 10 or more times in the previous month. By visiting x.com/i/under_the_hood, eligible users can download a report detailing whether any of their posts have been affected.
“For example, you can see if any of your posts were withheld in a country following a legal demand — and which country,” X said.
Questions remain
In response to X’s announcement, several users shared screenshots of their reports. Many said the transparency raises more questions than it answers.
One claimed that one of his posts was flagged for adult content, although he denied sharing such content.
“Post detected by automated systems as one that may contain content subject to X’s Adult Content policy,” the report said. “Post hidden from recommendations to non-followers and from underage users, users without a stated age and logged out users.”
Another report made references to spam, a claim that the accused user likewise denied.
“Account detected by automated systems as likely to post spam,” the report said. “The account;s posts are hidden from recommendations to non-followers.”
At least one report accusing a user of sharing adult content stated that it had been hidden in India due to local laws.
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