--- title: X will now tell users when governments have forced it to... description: X is expanding its "Under the Hood" transparency tool to notify users when their posts have been downranked or withheld due to government legal demands,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/x-will-now-tell-users-when-governments-have-forced-it-to-limit-their-posts-ygjcvrazk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: X will now tell users when governments have forced it to limit their posts | daily.dev og:description: X is expanding its "Under the Hood" transparency tool to notify users when their posts have been downranked or withheld due to government legal demands,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/x-will-now-tell-users-when-governments-have-forced-it-to-limit-their-posts-ygjcvrazk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yGJcVRazK.png og:image:alt: X will now tell users when governments have forced it to limit their posts og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # X will now tell users when governments have forced it to limit their posts **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary X is expanding its "Under the Hood" transparency tool to notify users when their posts have been downranked or withheld due to government legal demands, including naming which country made the request. Previously this data was only shared in aggregate transparency reports, not at the individual account or post level. The change follows X's August rollout of the tool and its open-sourcing of the "For You" ranking algorithm and parts of its codebase. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How does X's Under the Hood feature show government-related content restrictions? X's Under the Hood tool now shows when a post or account has been downranked or withheld because X complied with a government's legal demand, and it names which country made the request. Users who post at least 10 times a month can download a JSON file with these details from the app settings, expanding a transparency feature X rolled out in August. _Developers tracking platform transparency features can follow moderation and ranking changes like this on daily.dev._ ### What information can X users download from the Under the Hood transparency tool? Eligible X users (those who posted at least 10 times in a month) can download an aggregate JSON file from Under the Hood in app settings showing labels applied to their account or posts, any visibility limits, and now also which posts were withheld in a given country due to a government legal demand and which country made the request. _Anyone evaluating platform moderation transparency can keep up with tools like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [X open sources its algorithm while facing a transparency fine and Grok controversies](https://daily.dev/posts/x-open-sources-its-algorithm-while-facing-a-transparency-fine-and-grok-controversies-gx3cs4omq) · TechCrunch · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#data-science](https://daily.dev/tags/data-science), [#social-media](https://daily.dev/tags/social-media) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/x-will-now-tell-users-when-governments-have-forced-it-to-limit-their-posts-ygjcvrazk) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"X will now tell users when governments have forced it to limit their posts","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/x-will-now-tell-users-when-governments-have-forced-it-to-limit-their-posts-ygjcvrazk","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/x-will-now-tell-users-when-governments-have-forced-it-to-limit-their-posts-ygjcvrazk"},"datePublished":"2026-09-21T17:45:54.153Z","dateModified":"2026-09-21T17:46:18.779Z","description":"X is expanding its \"Under the Hood\" transparency tool to notify users when their posts have been downranked or withheld due to government legal demands,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/7668c1707c8231b26683af9b95b1b2fd?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/7668c1707c8231b26683af9b95b1b2fd?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TechCrunch","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TechCrunch","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tc","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/x-will-now-tell-users-when-governments-have-forced-it-to-limit-their-posts-ygjcvrazk","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"data-science,social-media","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TechCrunch","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"X will now tell users when governments have forced it to limit their posts"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/x-will-now-tell-users-when-governments-have-forced-it-to-limit-their-posts-ygjcvrazk#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How does X's Under the Hood feature show government-related content restrictions?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"X's Under the Hood tool now shows when a post or account has been downranked or withheld because X complied with a government's legal demand, and it names which country made the request. 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