Musk’s X admits breaking Australian child safety law, fined $650,000
Elon Musk’s social media company, formerly known as Twitter, failed to comply with an order to detail its child exploitation safeguards.
- David Swan
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The ‘angertainment’ trap: Why you can’t stop clicking on things that make you mad
In exploiting the human instinct to seek threat, online “rage bait” is dividing society. Is it time it came with a warning label?
- Ed Coper
Defining the intifada and testing Australia’s racial hate laws
A linguistics expert and a political scientist are being sued over a series of social media posts in a case that will test the nation’s hate speech laws.
- Sally Rawsthorne
Anti-trans activist wins fight against e-safety watchdog over queer school club tweet
A Federal Court ruling opens the door to legal challenges against hundreds of decisions made each year by Australia’s eSafety commissioner.
- Noel Towell
Musk’s X office in Paris raided by police amid growing scrutiny in Europe
France’s summoning of Musk are linked to a year-long investigation into suspected abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction by X or its executives.
- Inti Landauro and Sudip Kar-Gupta
White House posts altered image showing arrested protester crying
Donald Trump and his administration have frequently used edited or AI-generated imagery, but this post enters new territory.
- Drew Harwell
‘We shall see’: eSafety Commissioner unsure of safe return to US
Julie Inman Grant has twice been urged to testify before US congress, as a Republican lawmaker accuses her of stifling free speech.
- Nick Newling and Mike Foley
The world watched as Australia kicked under-16s off social media. The results are in
Almost 5 million accounts have been deactivated since Australia’s ban came into effect five weeks ago. So why are some parents still finding their kids on age-restricted platforms?
- Bronte Gossling
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Time to get off X, prime minister. It’s repulsive
Now would be a great time for the federal government and the opposition to review their use of the platform they condemn.
- Michelle Griffin
eSafety Commissioner demands crackdown on Musk’s AI ‘nudify’ images on X
World leaders including the UK’s Keir Starmer are vowing to crack down on Elon Musk’s platform over the surge in sexually explicit images generated by Grok.
- Mike Foley