# X’s new transparency rule must follow Indian law: government 2026-08-18T02:51:32+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Indian government has told Elon Musk's social media platform X that it must comply with the country's laws regardless of any new rules the company introduces. A government official said this in response to X's announcement of a new algorithm that will publicly display content removal requests sent by governments. Elon Musk announced the new policy on Saturday, saying it will bring government censorship requests into the open. Under the current system, such requests are not visible to users. The change means that if any government asks X to remove a post or content, the details of that request will be publicly visible on the platform. Aaj Tak reports that the government's response indicates it has no objection to the new feature itself, but is firm that X must follow Indian laws. The development has sparked a new debate on transparency in social media. How the system works in practice and its impact on government content removal requests will be watched closely. ## Coverage - aajtak.in This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: aajtak.in, Elon Musk, X Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/xs-new-transparency-rule-must-follow-indian-law-government/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/xs-new-transparency-rule-must-follow-indian-law-government/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/