X Corp—X removed all historical transparency reports dating back to 2011 when publishing first post-acquisition report
When X released its first transparency report under Musk's ownership in September 2024, covering Q1-Q2 2021, the company simultaneously removed all previous transparency reports that had been published since 2011 under prior ownership. Access Now's Transparency Reporting Index noted the removal as 'a blatant step to reduce transparency and accountability.' The new report provided significantly less detail across every metric compared to previous reports.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Transparency | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.572 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (medium ×1) × confidence (0.57)
Evidence (1 signal)
Access Now documented X removing all historical transparency reports when publishing first post-acquisition report
Access Now's Transparency Reporting Index documented that X removed all transparency reports published since 2011 under prior ownership when it released its first post-acquisition transparency report in September 2024. The new report covered only Q1-Q2 2021 and provided significantly less detail across all metrics.