Australia’s eSafety commissioner has lambasted social media platform X for breeding “online hate” after it was revealed that the platform, formerly named Twitter, reduced the number of moderators by more than half.
This comes after the watchdog commenced civil penalty proceedings against X for its failure to provide a report on how the platform would meet the Australian government’s Basic Online Safety Expectations in relation to child sexual abuse material on the site. X was fined $610,500 (US$410,242) by the commissioner, which it has not yet paid.
