Australia fined X ~$384K and warned Google after the companies did not give enough info on their efforts to fight CSAM, despite a law requiring such disclosures
The service formerly known as Twitter told Australian regulators that its automated detection of abusive material had declined after Elon Musk bought it.
New York Times Kate Conger
Related Coverage
- Second set of tech giants falling short in tackling child sexual exploitation material, sexual extortion, livestreaming of abuse eSafety
- Australia fines X, formerly Twitter, for not answering questions on child abuse content CNBC · Rebecca Picciotto
- Australia fines X for failing to crack down on child abuse content BBC · Mariko Oi
- Australia fines Musk's X platform $386,000 over anti-child abuse gaps Reuters · Byron Kaye
- Australia fines X for failing to provide information about child abuse content TechCrunch · Ivan Mehta
- Australia fines ‘X’ $610, 500 over child abuse content, warns Google Nairametrics · Samson Akintaro
- Google, X Failing to Curb Abuse Content, Says Australia Watchdog Bloomberg · Keira Wright
- Australia slaps AUD$610500 penalty on X for non-disclosure of child abuse content Hindustan Times
- X fined $610,500 in Australia first for failing to crack down on child sexual abuse material The Guardian · Josh Taylor
- X Fined $384K in Australia Over Failure to Outline CSAM Detection Efforts Social Media Today · Andrew Hutchinson
- Australia threatens X with fine, warns Google, for failure to comply with child abuse handling report regs The Register · Simon Sharwood
- X/Twitter fined over $600,000 by Australia's eSafety Commissioner cybersecurityconnect.com.au · David Hollingworth
- X fined $610,500 by Australia over CSAM inquiry Silicon Republic · Leigh Mc Gowran
- Australian safety watchdog fines social platform X $385,000 for not tackling child abuse content Tech Xplore · Rod McGuirk
- Australia Fines Musk for Stonewalling on Child Abuse on X The Daily Beast
- Australia fines Musk's X platform $610,500 iTnews · Byron Kaye
- Australia slaps Elon Musk's X with a $600,000 fine Australian Financial Review · Tess Bennett
- X gets a fine for not showing its work. The Verge · Wes Davis
Discussion
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@lorakolodny
Lora Kolodny
on threads
fine like this is a tickle not even a slap on the wrist
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@renee.diresta
Renee DiResta
on threads
https://www.wsj.com/...
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@anildash
Anil Dash
on threads
Musk is not going to provide information on child abuse content on X/Twitter because he has already publicly committed to ensuring that a paid verified user who disseminates child sexual abuse content will be paid directly by the company. …
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@timothyjchambers
Tim Chambers
on threads
That's a whole lot of X verified monthly subscriptions worth....
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@carnage4life
Dare Obasanjo
on threads
Guess how much Australia fined Twitter for this. Whatever number you guessed is probably too low.
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@billstewart.bsky.social
Bill Stewart
on bluesky
Was going to say “Wow, a tiny slap on the wrist there, Aussies, bet that'll really change their behaviour! but I realized that might be half of X's advertising revenue for the year by now. — * (Also true of most US business fines.)
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@ehunterchristie
Edward Hunter Christie
on x
Twitter/X is not serious about combating child sexual exploitation on its platform, according to the Australian government, which is now fining Twitter/X for not doing enough. https://www.esafety.gov.au/...
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@esafetyoffice
@esafetyoffice
on x
Our new report shows some of the biggest tech companies aren't living up to their responsibilities to tackle the proliferation of child sexual exploitation material, sexual extortion and the livestreaming of child sexual abuse https://news.esafety.gov.au/ 3ZYlNf3 [image]
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@esafetyoffice
@esafetyoffice
on x
“Companies can make empty statements like ‘Child exploitation is our top priority,’ so what we're saying is show us,"@tweetinjules explains how we can't expect accountability from the online industry without meaningful transparency. https://www.nytimes.com/...
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r/news
r
on reddit
Australia fines Musk's X platform $386,000 over anti-child abuse gaps