Elon Musk’s X Corp must pay fine says Australian court

An Australian court has ruled that Elon Musk’s social media platform X must pay an A$610,500 ($418,100) fine levied by a watchdog over its failure to adequately respond to queries about its effort to eradicate child abuse content.

In Australia, all social media companies must be able to explain how they are meeting basic requirements for online safety, as outlined by the Government.

Musk’s company had submitted a petition to have the fine wiped, but a judge on Friday, October 4 ordered that they pay all proceedings.