Sri Lanka, May 21 -- Elon Musk's social media network X has been fined A$650,000 (US$463,063) after admitting it failed to provide information about how it was tackling online child abuse material.
The federal court penalty, handed down on Thursday, brings to an end a legal battle that lasted more than three years, after the eSafety commissioner first issued the notice to the US-based company in 2023.
The February 2023 notice asked the company - then known as Twitter - to prepare a report on its compliance with basic online safety expectations around child sexual exploitation and abuse material.
Twitter merged into X Corp on 15 March and the company then provided its report to the commissioner on 29 March.
But the commissioner identifie...