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title: X adds region-based reply restrictions as reply controls become more granular
url: https://roboin.io/article/en/2026/03/26/x-introduces-region-specific-reply-restrictions-for-granular-audience-control/
description: X (Twitter) has implemented a new feature that allows replies to
  posts to be restricted only to users in specific regions.
publishedDate: 2026-03-25T20:30:57.066Z
modifiedDate: 2026-03-25T20:30:57.066Z
thumbnail: https://roboin.io/api/media/file/x-reply-region-english.png
thumbnailAlt: A screenshot showing a [Regions] item displayed on the settings
  screen called [Who can reply?]
thumbnailCaption: N/A
---

# X adds region-based reply restrictions as reply controls become more granular

X (Twitter) has implemented a new feature that allows replies to posts to be restricted only to users in specific regions.

When I checked, it was not yet available on the X web client or the X Android app.

Although the Android version of X Lite displayed a setting to restrict replies to users in specific regions, trying to post with that setting applied resulted in an [Unable to send post] error and the post could not be published.

X already has a feature that allows people posting on X to limit which accounts can reply to their own posts, and X has expanded the existing option that allows only accounts you follow to reply by adding a setting that also permits followers of the accounts you follow to reply.

[X tests a new setting adding "Account you follow and who they follow" to the reply audience, with early access for Premium+](https://roboin.io/article/en/2026/03/26/x-tests-new-reply-control-option-targeting-followers-of-followed-accounts/)

After X head of product Nikita Bier announced a feature that allows the reply range to be restricted to followers of accounts you follow, a feature that allows only users in specific regions to reply was spotted in some environments.

When I checked, the setting to restrict regions did not appear in the X web client or the Android X app, while it did appear in the Android X Lite app.

However, when I actually tried to apply the setting and send a post, an [Unable to send post] error appeared and I was unable to publish it.

At the time of writing, one or more of the following regions can be selected via checkboxes as eligible reply regions.

- North America
- South America
- Europe
- East Asia
- Australasia (as written in the original. A typo for Australia?)
- Africa
- Southeast Asia
- South Asia
- Central Asia
- West Asia

![A screenshot showing a \[Regions\] item displayed on the settings screen called \[Who can reply?\]](https://roboin.io/api/media/file/x-reply-region-english.png)

The screen for selecting reply regions displays the message [Keep in mind that anyone mentioned can always reply], suggesting that mentioned accounts can always reply regardless of regional restrictions.

It is unclear how the system determines a user's region, but it may be estimating it in a similar way to the location shown on profiles.

[X to display username change history and base country, testing starts next week](https://roboin.io/article/en/2025/10/15/x-to-begin-testing-public-display-of-account-name-history-and-country-of-operation/)

X also appears to be increasingly emphasizing regionally rooted conversations rather than just global conversations, and on March 25 it announced a revision to creator revenue sharing that would prioritize creators in the same country and language sphere, only to withdraw it after backlash from creators.

[X pauses Revenue Sharing overhaul favoring creators' home countries and same-language regions after backlash](https://roboin.io/article/en/2026/03/26/x-pauses-plan-to-prioritize-domestic-language-based-revenue-sharing-after-backlash-from-global-creators/)