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X must regroup after losing procedural appeal against Australian watchdog, judge says

By James Panichi ( October 17, 2025, 05:04 GMT | Insight) -- Social-media company X Corp. will have to return to the drawing board and re-present its defense in one of its legal clashes with Australia’s online-safety watchdog, after a judge said the platform’s original filings had been made redundant by the outcome of a recent procedural appeal. In a Federal Court of Australia hearing on Friday, Judge Michael Wheelahan gave X until Nov. 14 to file a draft of its amended concise statement; eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant would then have a week to decide whether she accepted or opposed X’s fresh filings.X Corp. will have to return to the drawing board and re-present its defense in one of its legal clashes with Australia’s online-safety watchdog, after a judge said the social-media company’s original filings had been made redundant by the outcome of a recent procedural appeal....

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