X announced on Monday that it will now tell users when their posts have been shown to fewer people because the platform is complying with local laws.
The change expands X’s existing Under the Hood transparency tool, which lets users see whether labels or other actions applied to their accounts or posts may have affected their visibility.
X Will Show Government-Ordered Restrictions
Previously, users could not see detailed information about how X labeled or reduced the reach of their accounts and posts. This lack of information led many users to accuse the platform, formerly known as Twitter, of shadowbanning them.
Most technology companies also disclose government content requests only in aggregate through transparency reports rather than providing details at the individual account or post level.
We’ve expanded Under The Hood after seeing people’s appreciation of more transparency into government-required content filtering.
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… https://t.co/Op5rBnE1jg pic.twitter.com/ZUrbkO28ay
— X Open Source (@XOpenSource) September 19, 2026
X began changing that approach in August when it introduced Under the Hood to provide more information about its moderation and ranking decisions.
Users who have published at least 10 posts during a month can use the feature in X’s settings to download their aggregate account data as a JSON file. Non-technical users can also provide the file to an AI chatbot to help interpret the information.
The same file will now show whether X limited an account or post because it was complying with local laws.
It will also identify posts that X withheld in a particular country following a legal demand and specify which country submitted the request.
Governments Use Different Laws to Request Restrictions
Governments can request content restrictions for several reasons, including laws covering hate speech, terrorism-related material, and election rules.
Critics, including free-expression groups, have also argued that some governments use such laws to suppress political dissent.
X Expands Its Transparency Efforts
The latest change follows several other transparency initiatives from X.
The company has open-sourced its For You recommendation algorithm, which determines which posts appear in users’ main feeds, and has released additional parts of its codebase.
The expanded code disclosures include details about model configuration, filtering systems, and the platform’s core ranking system.
They also reveal parameters used to assign weight to different ranking signals, providing more information about how X decides which posts users see.
When X expanded its open-source efforts, Vice President of Product Keith Coleman said he believed people would be “fairly shocked” by the amount of information the company was releasing.
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