Australian safety watchdog fines social platform X $385,000 for not tackling child abuse content

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Australia’s online safety watchdog has fined X — the social media platform formerly known as Twitter — 610,500 Australian dollars ($385,000) for failing to fully explain how it tackled child sexual exploitation content.

The opening page of X is displayed on a computer and phone in Sydney, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. Australia's online safety watchdog has fined X, formerly known as Twitter, $385,000 for failing to explain how it tackles child sexual exploitation on the social media platform.

The commission issued legal transparency notices early this year to X and other platforms questioning what they were doing to tackle a proliferation of child sexual exploitation, sexual extortion and the livestreaming of child sexual abuse. The platform renamed X by its new owner Elon Musk was the worst offender, providing no answers to some questions including how many staff remained on the trust and safety team that worked on preventing harmful and illegal content since Musk took over, Inman Grant said.“If you’ve got a basic H.R. system or payroll, you’ll know how many people are on each team,” she added.After Musk completed his acquisition of the company in October last year, he drastically cut costs and shed thousands of jobs.

The commission would continue to pressure X through notices to become more transparent, Inman Grant said.The commission issued Google with a formal warning for providing “generic responses to specific questions,” a statement said.

 

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