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- technology@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
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.
Were you really under the impression that I was serious about it being a famed legal defense? Read the “Gremlins” section I linked to.
No I absolutely expected it to be sarcasm.
I read the part, and that’s quite funny and fitting.