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X Will Now Tell You If A Government Had Your Post Withheld

Ad Tribe! Bureau2 min read
The X logo, for the expansion of its Under The Hood transparency report

X has expanded Under The Hood, its per-account transparency report, to show whether an account or its posts had their visibility limited to comply with local law, and which country made the demand. The company announced the change through its @XOpenSource account on 19 September 2026.

  • What it adds: whether your account or posts were restricted because of required compliance with local laws
  • Detail shown: if a post was withheld in a country following a legal demand, and which country
  • Already shown: labels applied to your account and posts in the previous month
  • Where: a report at x.com/i/under_the_hood
  • Eligibility: accounts with 10 or more posts in the previous month, at least one year old

What Under The Hood Shows

Your own moderation record. The report already told an account holder which labels had been applied to their posts in the past month. It now covers visibility limits imposed to satisfy a legal demand from a government, and names the country that made it. X said it expanded the feature after seeing how much people appreciated more transparency into government-required content filtering.

X's policy has long been to notify affected users when it receives a request to withhold content, unless it is prohibited from doing so, such as under a sealed court order, and to limit withholding to the jurisdiction that issued the demand.

Why It Matters For Brands And Publishers

Reach that disappears for a legal reason has always looked, from the inside, exactly like reach that disappears for an algorithmic one. For anyone running a brand handle, a newsroom account or a campaign, being able to tell the two apart changes how you diagnose a bad week. It also gives a country-level picture of where a post stopped being visible, which matters for campaigns that run across markets.

The eligibility gate means the report is not open to everyone: an account needs at least ten posts in the past month and a year of history.

X explains country withholding in its help centre. More ad tech.

#X#Content Moderation#Platform Transparency
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