Methodology · compiled 15 August 2026
What this tracker can see
Compiled from public algorithm source, X’s transparency tables, and named court or regulator files. 97,006 removal requests in July–December 2024, 81.9% actioned. Individual withheld posts are still not in any public catalog.
In public
Open-source algorithm filters
Government-required ranking filters shipped in xai-org/x-algorithm. Today that is one filter: Brazil2026ElectionFilter.
Named legal menus
Where X or a regulator published the actual category list — Japan’s 96/4 demand split and IDPA window; the UK’s 19 illegal + 7 child-only duties — those names are on the country page.
Named court and agency files
Public judgments, petitions, regulator findings, and bills that would create takedown powers — compiled per country, with the last public date on each card.
Aggregate government demands
X Transparency Reports publish removal and information-request volume by country or region, plus action rates.
National access blocks
Some governments block the entire service at the network layer. That is visible from outside the platform.
Still invisible
A public list of every withheld post
Individual country withholdings only show a notice when the post is opened from that jurisdiction. There is still no single public catalog of those posts.
Exact live account lists beyond the filter file
The Brazil filter publishes obfuscated user ids plus handles. Other withholdings are not enumerated in the algorithm repo.
Per-country EU and “all others” splits
The latest global report rolls the EU into one row and lumps most remaining countries into “All others.”
Primary sources
- xai-org/x-algorithmOpen-source For You pipeline, including Brazil2026ElectionFilter.
- Brazil2026ElectionFilter.rsThe only government-required ranking filter in the public repo as of this compilation.
- X Transparency Report (H2 2024)Named removal and information-request rows used for Japan, Turkey, South Korea, EU, US, UK.
- Removal requestsJapan’s 96% crime-ad split, CWC country list, and historic withholding examples.
- Information requestsUS, Japan, EU, and UK information-request rows.
- X UK Online Safety pageX’s own list of 19 illegal-content and 7 child-harmful categories geo-restricted in the UK.
- Ofcom investigation into X (Grok imagery)Formal investigation opened 12 January 2026; status update 3 February 2026. No findings yet.
- ICO investigation into GrokParallel UK data-protection file, opened 3 February 2026.
- Japan IDPA (情プラ法) compliance reportX’s Article 28 report after MIC designated it a large specified provider on 30 April 2025.
- India IT Rules reportsMonthly statutory reports — India is not a named H2 2024 global-removal row.
- TSE open data, 2026 candidatesDataset cited in the filter source as the electoral-court list.
- B.C. AG statement on X / Intimate Images Protection ActX’s November 2025 B.C. Supreme Court petition of a CRT global-takedown order.
- OPC PIPEDA-2026-004Privacy Commissioner findings on X/xAI Grok image generation (11 June 2026).
- eSafety legal proceedings involving XAustralian Federal Court docket index for X Corp matters.
Background, not a citation
Useful as a timeline index. Not a primary source for any row in this atlas.
Censorship of X (encyclopedia)National-block timeline. Use the court or agency record before this page.