> 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.
He put it behind a subscription so you couldn’t generate and distribute it for free using Grok, lol.
Raverjames on
They need to adjust these fines proportionally to the amount of money the company or owner has.
This weirdo is almost a Trillionaire, 650,000 is like picking a penny up off the street.
ObviouslyRealPerson on
$650k?
May as well have fined him $5
Annunakh on
Someone actually think Elon managing day to day X operations? This is job for some junior clerk in legal department. Probably this clerk will be fired over this hiccup.
frugaleringenieur on
Yeah, “child safety” – you mean extorsion of personal data for surveilance reasons. This is not a bad press for Musk, it is a super bad complex for western regulators.
AloneChapter on
For a future trillionaire pocket change
WaffleHouseGladiator on
They lost $650k in the couch cushions in the time it took me to write this comment. Better than nothing, I guess, but they won’t even notice.
Admirable-Sink-2622 on
That’s like fining me .25¢ 🤔
the_millenial_falcon on
Okay so these kinds of laws are gonna need to start scaling based on company size etc.
Volfie on
He’ll he’s got that in loose change in the front compartment of his backpack.
Short-Personality398 on
How does this even make a headline? It’s pocket change
Etyczny on
Lol for Elon $650k is equivalent to my $6,50 for breakfast
Holiday-West9601 on
This will ruin him! He’ll be broke!
ScornForSega on
xAI is losing like 2 billion per quarter.
I’m gonna guess they don’t care.
SavageSkillet on
If I received a safety notice from an Australian child, I’d probably also ultimately ignore it.
Never_51 on
Do they go to his house to search under the couch cushions for that change?
jaybizzleeightyfour on
Elon will wipe his ass with this fine then continue laughing as he keeps on radicalizing Australians and everyone else on Twitter
jostler57 on
That’s a verbal warning, at that price.
Scottiths on
The cost of the fine needs to be larger by enough of a margin that following the law makes more financial sense than just paying the pittance of a fine.
PRSHZ on
That’s not even chump change, add 4 zeros to the right and watch him shake in his boots
DividedState on
The cost of doing business.
B00marangTrotter on
Add 4 zeros to that.
Desperate-Hearing-55 on
Should be $650000 every day since 2023 when the notice was sent out.
Kozmic_River on
Why is this news? I lost a dime in the washing machine the day before yesterday and that is literally a greater percentage of my total wealth gone than his due to that fine.
“The global system is not designed to hold billionaires properly accountable.” Would be a far better headline.
Carlosthefrog on
On no whatever will he do …
djangovsjango on
Needs to be 6.5 million PER OFFENSE
ektat_sgurd on
these people should be fined with percentages instead of fixed amounts.
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> 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.
He put it behind a subscription so you couldn’t generate and distribute it for free using Grok, lol.
They need to adjust these fines proportionally to the amount of money the company or owner has.
This weirdo is almost a Trillionaire, 650,000 is like picking a penny up off the street.
$650k?
May as well have fined him $5
Someone actually think Elon managing day to day X operations? This is job for some junior clerk in legal department. Probably this clerk will be fired over this hiccup.
Yeah, “child safety” – you mean extorsion of personal data for surveilance reasons. This is not a bad press for Musk, it is a super bad complex for western regulators.
For a future trillionaire pocket change
They lost $650k in the couch cushions in the time it took me to write this comment. Better than nothing, I guess, but they won’t even notice.
That’s like fining me .25¢ 🤔
Okay so these kinds of laws are gonna need to start scaling based on company size etc.
He’ll he’s got that in loose change in the front compartment of his backpack.
How does this even make a headline? It’s pocket change
Lol for Elon $650k is equivalent to my $6,50 for breakfast
This will ruin him! He’ll be broke!
xAI is losing like 2 billion per quarter.
I’m gonna guess they don’t care.
If I received a safety notice from an Australian child, I’d probably also ultimately ignore it.
Do they go to his house to search under the couch cushions for that change?
Elon will wipe his ass with this fine then continue laughing as he keeps on radicalizing Australians and everyone else on Twitter
That’s a verbal warning, at that price.
The cost of the fine needs to be larger by enough of a margin that following the law makes more financial sense than just paying the pittance of a fine.
That’s not even chump change, add 4 zeros to the right and watch him shake in his boots
The cost of doing business.
Add 4 zeros to that.
Should be $650000 every day since 2023 when the notice was sent out.
Why is this news? I lost a dime in the washing machine the day before yesterday and that is literally a greater percentage of my total wealth gone than his due to that fine.
“The global system is not designed to hold billionaires properly accountable.” Would be a far better headline.
On no whatever will he do …
Needs to be 6.5 million PER OFFENSE
these people should be fined with percentages instead of fixed amounts.