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Elon Musk’s X has dismissed take down orders from Australia’s eSafety commissioner.

‘MechaHitler’: Why Elon Musk’s chatbot is at the centre of an Australian legal dispute

Elon Musk’s X and Australia’s online safety watchdog are back in court. Here’s what to know.

  • David Swan

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Elmo, a cheerful red Muppet created in 1979 but eternally 3½, has more than 650,000 followers on X.

Elmo’s X account gets hacked, posts antisemitic and racist messages

Sesame Workshop described the messages as “disgusting”, and said the red Muppet’s account had since been secured.

Linda Yaccarino speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with other social media platform heads on Capitol Hill last year.

Linda Yaccarino, CEO of Elon Musk’s X, resigns after two years at the helm

The veteran ad executive’s future at company became unclear this year after Musk merged the social media platform with his artificial intelligence company, xAI.

  • Matt O'Brien
Elon Musk has recorded a victory in an Australian court, which could have implications for other social media platforms.

Elon Musk’s X wins ‘free speech’ fight against eSafety Commissioner

A court has overruled the eSafety Commissioner’s order to Elon Musk to remove a post on his app X, which attacked an Australian trans rights activist. 

  • Alexander Darling and Erin Pearson
After 17 years, the ABC’s Monday night panel discussion show, Q+A, has been axed.

I loved confronting the left-wing mob on the Q+A panel. I’ll miss it dearly

It wasn’t Q+A’s makers who killed the show; it was the online group think and outrage that attempted to silence any voices of dissent.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
Lucre went from a “nobody” to a conspiratorial sensation on X.

Master of outrage: The ‘nobody’ who became a leading right-wing influencer

Dominick McGee was walking into the White House in April and couldn’t believe his luck.

  • Stuart A. Thompson
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Elon Musk and Donald Trump.

The one Musk business that’s winning from the Trump bust-up

The war of words between the US president and the world’s richest man has been playing out in real time, and there’s one place where people are tuning in to catch the soap opera.

  • Barbara Ortutay

Musk used X to boost Trump. Now he’s wielding it against him

On Thursday, as the two men publicly fought in a flurry of furious online posts, Musk revealed X to be a double-edged sword.

  • Will Oremus
Donald and Melania Trump with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in 2002.

Bromance over: Musk says Trump should be impeached in social media brawl

The US president suggested the Tesla chief is suffering “Trump derangement syndrome”. The tech billionaire said that “without me, Trump would have lost”.

  • Michael Koziol
Star columnist Niki Savva.

Fake Niki Savva account hastily rebadges itself after CBD reveals identity theft

The political journalist had trouble convincing Elon Musk’s Twitter that she didn’t even have a social media account.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman

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