Elon Musk’s X Is Making A Major Change, Shedding Light On ‘Shadow Bans’

August 13, 2026 4:54 PM ET Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, is opening up its source code to users, allowing them to see whether the platform has shadow-banned them or may do so in the future, based on its rules and scoring systems. Elon Musk’s social media platform is expanding its open-source code for its “For You” timeline on GitHub, a site for developers. It will also open-source its ranking and filtering methods, according to TechCrunch. “The goal is straightforward – we want people to be able to answer for themselves whether a platform is limiting their reach, whether the system is fair, and why they see particular content,” the X announcement read. https://t.co/soxNY8YdP7— X Open Source (@XOpenSource) August 13, 2026 Releasing this code will help users understand how their post