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title: "Elon Musk's X loses Australia child protection compliance lawsuit"
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url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/287137328.md"
description: "An Australian court upheld a fine against Elon Musk's X Corp for violating child protection laws by failing to provide required information. The company admitted wrongdoing after a nearly three-year dispute, resulting in a fine increase to A$650,000, plus A$100,000 for legal costs. The case highlighted issues of compliance during a transition period for the company, which is preparing for a potential trillion-dollar IPO."
datetime: "2026-05-21T01:03:18.000Z"
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# Elon Musk's X loses Australia child protection compliance lawsuit

By Byron Kaye SYDNEY, May 21 (Reuters) - An Australian court upheld a regulator's fine against Elon Musk's social media company X Corp after it admitted violating the law by failing to supply information about its online child protection measures, ending a nearly three-year dispute. After the eSafety regulator, a frequent target of online attacks by Musk, fined the company in October 2023 for

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