October 4, 2024 10:43 AM

Australian court upholds order for Musk’s X to pay $418,000 fine over anti-child abuse probe

An Australian court upheld an order on Friday for Elon Musk's X to pay a fine of A$610,500 ($418,000) for failing to cooperate with a regulator's request for information about anti-child-abuse practices. X had challenged the fine but the Federal Court of Australia ruled it was obliged to respond to a notice from the eSafety Commissioner, an internet safety regulator, seeking information about steps to address child sexual exploitation material on the platform. Musk took X, then called Twitter,...