Executives at X testified at an Australian Parliament hearing late Wednesday, defending the restoration of an account after it shared child sexual abuse material.

Executives at X testified at an Australian Parliament hearing late Wednesday, defending the restoration of an account after it shared child sexual abuse material.

  • moobythegoldensock@geddit.social
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    1 year ago

    Pickles said the offending account in question may have been sharing the content “out of outrage,” which would mean the account wouldn’t be permanently banned

    Australian senator Helen Polley pointed to research that child sexual abuse material had gone up since Musk had bought the company. Polley questioned why child sexual abuse material wouldn’t result in an immediate ban on X since it was a crime, regardless of intent.