Elon Musk has slammed Australia as "fascists" in response to proposed laws aimed at fining social media platforms for failing to curb misinformation. The "combating misinformation" bill ...

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The bill was tabled by Communications Minister Michelle Rowland on Thursday, who claimed misinformation and disinformation pose a “serious threat” to Australia’s “safety and wellbeing ...

Mr Musk, who owns X, responded to the news about the proposed law with a single word: “fascists”. Australian politicians were quick to slam the comment. Stephen Jones, assistant treasurer ...

SYDNEY, Oct 4 (Reuters) - An Australian court upheld an order on Friday for Elon Musk's X to pay a fine of A$610,500 ($418,000) for failing to cooperate with a regulator's request for information ...

While some Conservatives, including party leader Kemi Badenoch, have echoed Musk’s points, the main U.K. beneficiary of his interest has been Reform U.K., the hard-right party led by Nigel ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, on Friday called Australia's centre-left government "fascists" over proposed legislation to slap fines on social media firms for ...