X will now tell users when governments have forced it to limit their posts
X on Monday announced it will now tell users when their posts have been “shadowbanned,” meaning shown to fewer people, due to the company’s compliance with local laws. The feature is an expansion of the social network’s earlier transparency tool called “Under the Hood,” which allows users to see if any labels have been applied to their account or their posts that could have affected their visibility on the platform.
It will also highlight any downranking of users’ posts due to government-required content filtering.
Previously, information about how an X user’s account or posts were being labeled and downranked was not available to end users. As a result, many often accused the company, formerly known as Twitter, of having shadowbanned them.
In addition, most companies that share data about government requests do so on an aggregate basis through “transparency reports,” not at the account or post level.
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