Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones has warned Meta its embrace of free speech must not pave the way for state actors to interfere in elections and says Australians would reject any attempts by the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, to weigh in on domestic politics.

“I don’t think Australians take too kindly to people from other countries using their power and influence telling us how to live,” Mr Jones said of Mr Musk on Tuesday.