Australia fines Elon Musk's X platform over failing to cooperate with a probe into anti-child abuse practices
Australia fines Elon Musk's X platform over failing to cooperate with a probe into anti-child abuse practices
An Australian regulator has fined Elon Musk's social media platform X A$610,500 ($386,000) for failing to cooperate with a probe into anti-child abuse practices, a blow to a company that has struggled to keep advertisers amid complaints it is going soft on moderating content.
The e-Safety Commission fined X, formerly Twitter, saying it failed to respond to questions including how long it took to respond to reports of child abuse material on the platform and the methods it used to detect it.
Though the fine of $386,000 is small compared to the $44 billion Musk paid for the website in October 2022, it is a reputational hit for a company that has seen a continuous revenue decline as advertisers cut spending on a platform that has stopped most content moderation and reinstated thousands of banned accounts.