X’s new transparency rule must follow Indian law: government

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.