Elon Musk’s X releases 1st transparency report since his takeover, reveals content removal requests

Based on the report, about 67 million user reports were related to hateful conduct and another 40 million were about violent conduct. Following the violations, the platform reportedly suspended about 5.3 million accounts and removed or labelled 10.7 million posts. According to the report, the overall rate of posts that violated X’s rules stood at 0.01 per cent. 

The report also shared data about government information and requests for content removal. In the first six months of the year, X received as many as 18,737 requests for information out of which it made disclosures for about 53 per cent of cases. According to the report, the largest number of information requests came from the European Union with 7,872 with disclosures for about 56 per cent of cases. Notably, the US made 3,329 requests for information with 76 per cent disclosures. 

X also received 72,703 requests from governments around the world to remove content. The report states that X took action in about 71 per cent of the cases. 

After he acquired Twitter for $44 billion in October 2022, Musk made some rapid changes like laying off staff, rolling back on content moderation rules, rebranding Twitter as X, and even restoring accounts that were banned earlier. He also changed the platform’s verification system to be a paid one, allowing anyone to get the famed checkmark for a monthly fee.