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

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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…

Scope

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

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2023-12-21
under deliberation

On 21 December 2023, the eSafety Commissioner of Australia announced its public lawsuit against X, …

2024-09-09
under deliberation

On 9 September 2024, the eSafety Commissioner issued a statement aiming to uphold transparency arou…

2024-10-04
in force

On 4 October 2024, the Federal Court of Australia delivered a ruling on a public lawsuit concerning…

2025-07-31
in force

On 31 July 2025, the Federal Court of Australia (Full Court) dismissed X Corp's appeal against an i…