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X loses appeal against Australia's online-safety regulator

By Saloni Sinha ( July 31, 2025, 07:11 GMT | Insight) -- X Corp’s appeal of a court decision rejecting its challenge to an infringement notice issued by Australia’s online safety regulator was dismissed today, with a judge ruling that the social-media company was bound by the reporting notice, despite its earlier corporate merger. In today’s Federal Court of Australia judgment, an appeals panel upheld an October 2024 decision by trial judge Michael Wheelahan, which found X Corp needed to comply with the notice, even if it had been issued against Twitter, which was later acquired by X. X Corp’s appeal of a court decision rejecting its challenge to an infringement notice issued by Australia’s online safety regulator was dismissed today, with a judge ruling that the social-media company was bound by the reporting notice, despite its earlier corporate merger....

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