Elon Musk merging Twitter into X didn’t absolve X from child safety fine.

Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) remains on the hook for an approximately $400,000 fine after failing to respond to an Australia eSafety Commission 2023 inquiry, which largely sought to probe measures X is currently taking to combat an alleged proliferation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on its platform.

To void the fine, X tried to persuade Australian Judge Michael Wheelahan that X had no obligation to comply with an Online Safety Act notice issued to Twitter because Twitter “ceased to exist” a few weeks after receiving the notice—when Musk merged the app into his company X Corp.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    I don’t get it? I searched defense on that page and got nothing.
    Is it about being absurd?

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      Were you really under the impression that I was serious about it being a famed legal defense? Read the “Gremlins” section I linked to.

      • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        No I absolutely expected it to be sarcasm.
        I read the part, and that’s quite funny and fitting.