Australia fines Musk's X platform $386,000 over anti-child abuse gaps
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of social media platform X, formerly Twitter, is seen alongside the former logo in this illustration taken, July 24, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoSYDNEY - An Australian regulator has fined Elon Musk's social media platform X A$610,500 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.
Most recently the EU said it was investigating X for potential violation of its new tech rules after the platform was accused of failing to rein in disinformation in relation to Hamas's attack on Israel. X closed its Australian office after Musk's buyout, so there was no local representative to respond to Reuters. A request for comment sent to the San Francisco-based company's media email address was not immediately answered.
X told the regulator available anti-grooming technology was"not of sufficient capability or accuracy to be deployed on Twitter".)'s Google for noncompliance with its request for information about handling of child abuse content, calling the search engine giant's responses to some questions"generic". Google said it had cooperated with the regulator and was disappointed by the warning.
The company confirmed to the regulator that it had cut 80% of its workforce globally and has no public policy staff in Australia, compared to two before Musk's takeover.
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