Australia: 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 for its failure to comply with the notice. X Corp has requested a judicial review of eSafety’s reliance on the transparency notice, which the Commissioner is requesting be heard in tandem with the civil penalty proceedings to avoid undue delays.