X formerly Twitter fined $610000 over child safety – Port Macquarie News

The platform X has been issued with a legal infringement notice by Australia’s eSafety Commissioner. (AP PHOTO)Social media platform X has been fined more than $600,000 by Australia’s eSafety commissioner for what the regulator says are compliance failures in relation to tackling child sexual exploitation.The platform formerly known as Twitter has been issued with a legal infringement notice and has 28 days to respond or pay the $610,500 penalty.Google has also been handed a formal warning for exhibiting a lack of transparency, with both tech giants accused of failing to adequately respond to a number of questions.Issued with new transparency powers, eSafety issued please explain notices to Twitter (subsequently rebranded as “X”), Google, TikTok, Twitch and Discord in February.However the regulator’s latest report summarising their answers, highlights serious shortfalls in how some companies detect, remove and prevent child sexual abuse material and grooming.It also examines inconsistencies in how companies deal with material across their different services and variations in the time it takes them to respond to public reports.Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said the non-compliance was disappointing especially as the questions related to the protection of children and the most egregious forms of online harm.”Twitter/X has stated publicly that tackling
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