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Elon Musk's X Fined for Not Complying with Australia's Child Protection Laws
The court also ordered X to pay AU$100,000 in costs after finding it failed to fully answer questions about child sexual exploitation content.
- On Thursday, Federal Court Justice Michael Wheelahan fined X Corp. $650,000 for failing to provide information to Australia's online safety watchdog in 2023 regarding how the platform tackled child sexual exploitation content.
- A transparency notice issued on Feb. 22, 2023, sparked the three-year legal battle after X argued it was not obliged to answer eSafety's questions regarding child exploitation materials on its platform.
- Lawyer Christopher Tran told the court the platform admitted "ongoing noncompliance for some 38 days," while Federal Court Justice Michael Wheelahan also ordered X to pay $100,000 in legal costs to eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant within 45 days.
- X's lawyer Perry Herzfeld characterized the case as concerning "historic issues relating to the timeliness of provision of information" during a "period of change and transition for the company," according to Reuters.
- Legal troubles for Elon Musk continue to mount, including lawsuits regarding his AI company's Grok "spicy mode" facilitating non-consensual deepfakes, as he prepares to take his company public on the Nasdaq where Musk controls 85 per cent of voting power.
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An Australian federal court upheld on Thursday a fine against Elon Musk's X for failing to comply with child internet safety regulations, capping a three year legal fight between the tech giant and Canberra. A federal court ruled in October 2024 that X was required to respond to the notice and on Thursday the social media giant was ordered to pay a fine of AU$650,000 ($464,900).
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