Elon Musk is a Free Speech Fraud.
The newest updates to the X software do NOT fix any Censorship.
If the claim is “X has new algorithms that stop censorship”, here are public, checkable pieces of evidence that point the other way (or at least show the claim is misleading).
1) X openly says it does “censor” by limiting reach
X’s own Transparency Report describes its enforcement philosophy as “Freedom of Speech, not Freedom of Reach” and says it will restrict the reach of posts (make content “less discoverable”) as an alternative to removal.
That’s algorithmic suppression by design (even if you don’t call it “censorship,” it’s still distribution control).
2) The open-sourced recommendation code includes “visibility filters” and “downranking”
In the public GitHub repo for X’s recommendation system, the README explicitly lists “visibility-filters” as responsible for filtering content to support legal compliance, protect revenue, and includes “coarse-grained downranking.”
So even the “transparent” algorithm story contains built-in machinery for limiting visibility.
3) X’s own data shows it acts on government removal requests at high rates
X’s Global Transparency Report (H2 2024) shows 97,006 total removal requests, with 79,438 cases actioned — an 81.89% action rate.
If you’re arguing “censorship is over,” this is strong counter-evidence: content is still being withheld/removed in response to external requests.
