Australia’s Online Regulator Concedes It Has No Power to Force Musk’s X to Pay Fine

Published on February 14, 2024

The Australian eSafety commissioner (eSafety) has admitted she has no power to force social media giant X, formerly known as Twitter, to pay a $610,000 (US$393,000) fine issued last year. During a Senate Committee hearing on Feb. 13, eSafety’s representatives said Elon Musk’s X had yet to pay the fine even though the deadline had long passed. In September 2023, eSafety issued X with an infringement notice for failing to comply with the federal government’s requirements to crack down on child sexual abuse materials online, and fined the company $610,000. The company had 28 days to request the withdrawal of the infringement notice or pay the penalty; however, it chose to apply for a judicial review of eSafety’s transparency and infringement notices....

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