SYDNEY – The social media platform X has not paid a fine imposed for failing to outline its plans to stamp out content depicting child sexual abuse, Australia’s internet safety watchdog told AFP on Tuesday.
Last month, eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant imposed a fine of A$610,500 fine on the company formerly known as Twitter for failing to respond to questions she sent in February, criticising the company’s “empty talk” on the issue.
X, formerly known as Twitter and owned by billionaire Elon Musk, was given until the end of October to pay the fine, request an extension or ask for the fine to be withdrawn. The company had requested an extension which expired last Friday.
“Twitter/X has not paid the infringement notice within the allotted timeframe and eSafety is now considering further steps,” a spokesperson for Inman Grant told AFP.
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