Australia: eSafety Commissioner's public lawsuit against X for failure to comply with transparency notice on addressing online child exploitation

Progress

Current status
in force
04 Oct 2024 in force
09 Sep 2024 under deliberation
21 Dec 2023 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Australia
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
judiciary
executive
Government Body
court
other regulatory body
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

04 Oct 2024
in force

Issued ruling in eSafety Commissioner's public lawsuit against X for failure to comply with transparency notice on addressing online child exploitation

On 4 October 2024, the Federal Court of Australia delivered a ruling on a public lawsuit concerning X Corp's obligation to comply with a transparency notice under the Online Safety Act 2021. The notice, issued by the eSafety Commissioner, sought inf…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
09 Sep 2024
under deliberation

Issued eSafety Commissioner statement upholding transparency concerning child sexual abuse in public lawsuit against X Corp

On 9 September 2024, the eSafety Commissioner issued a statement aiming to uphold transparency around online child sexual abuse. The statement follows X Corp.’s court claim indicating it was not required to respond to the transparency notice issued …

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body
21 Dec 2023
under deliberation

Announced eSafety Commissioner's public lawsuit against X for failure to comply with transparency notice on addressing online child exploitation

On 21 December 2023, the eSafety Commissioner of Australia announced its public lawsuit against X, formerly Twitter, for failing to comply with the February 2023 transparency notice. X Corp did not pay the AUD 610’500 fine levied by the Commissioner…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body