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Elon Musk announces new X move, vows to make government censorship requests more visible to users

Filed 1w ago · Via livemint.com · The Buffoon Desk
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Kevin MacLeod · incompetech.com · CC BY 4.0

Elon Musk announced X will make government takedown and account-restriction requests more visible to users, saying on the platform that "any censorship required by governments is now clearly visible." The plan reportedly includes naming the requesting government body and, where available, its legal justification.

Crypto Briefing reported X has complied with between 83% and 98.8% of government content removal requests since Musk's acquisition, a higher rate than under prior Twitter management. The announcement arrives against the backdrop of India's IT ministry publicly disputing X's account last year of a blocking order affecting 2,355 accounts, including Reuters', with the ministry accusing X of exploiting "technicalities" and taking more than 21 hours to restore access despite government requests to do so.

The full dispatch is available from the source below.

✒ FROM THE EDITORIAL DESK
A platform touting new transparency about government censorship while maintaining a compliance rate near 99% is not exactly modeling defiance. The Reuters episode suggests the friction, when it exists, has been about speed and process rather than principle — which makes the announcement read more like a dashboard feature than a stand.
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