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Musk's X says Australia social media ban crackdown undermines international law
X says the proposed enforcement changes could force foreign firms to hand over documents and raise the maximum penalty to A$99 million.
- On Tuesday, Elon Musk's SpaceX filed a submission with an Australian senate committee criticizing proposed legislation granting the Commissioner wider document discovery rights and fines up to $99 million.
- Australia's world-first law barring social media accounts for teenagers under 16 took effect last December, though Elon Musk previously labeled the ban a "backdoor way to control access to the internet by all Australians."
- The regulator told the panel its inability to compel documents from third-party age assurance providers creates "significant" barriers to investigations, though industry group DIGI argued the Commissioner already possesses extensive enforcement powers that remain untested.
- A United States congressional committee has requested the Commissioner testify, accusing the regulator of imperiling American free speech through aggressive pursuit of foreign companies.
- Parliament has yet to pass the bill increasing enforcement powers against platforms including YouTube and TikTok, with the senate committee scheduled to deliver final findings on August 25.
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(Hanoi=Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Jin-hyung = As the Australian government, which was the first in the world to introduce social media account blocking for minors, pushes to strengthen its blocking policy, Elon Musk's Ex...
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Total News Sources13
Leaning Left2Leaning Right6Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution50% Right
Bias Distribution
- 50% of the sources lean Right
50% Right
L 17%
C 33%
R 50%
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