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X Corp can't challenge a finding that it must face a complaint of religious vilification in the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal, with an appeal tribunal saying a member was not wrong to draw on defamation and consumer case law.
A judge has ruled that a self-represented litigant who settled proceedings against Twitter in 2021 over alleged defamatory tweets cannot pursue a case over replies later made to those tweets.
Former Carlton Football Club president and ex-chief executive of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Luke Sayers, has been sued by his estranged wife for defamation over a lewd social media post that eventually led to his resignation from the football club.
Social media companies have removed, deactivated or restricted about 4.7 million accounts belonging to children under 16 during the first month of the country's social media ban, according to the eSafety Commissioner.
Meta has sharply criticised Australia's social media ban for children after confirming it removed over half a million Facebook, Instagram and Threads accounts in the first month of the ban.
In its writ to the High Court on Friday, Reddit says Australia's social media ban for children under 16 years old “directly burdens” the country's implied freedom of political communication.
A world-first law banning kids under 16 from accessing social media platforms has gone into force, with the eSafety commissioner vowing to publish a report card on compliance by the end of the year.
Facebook owner Meta has argued the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has “misallocated responsibility” in its three-year-old case over scam cryptocurrency ads on the social media platform.
Two teenagers have brought a High Court challenge to the government's ban on children under 16 using social media, arguing that it is unconstitutional because of its burden the freedom of political communication.
Encrypted messaging app Telegram has withdrawn its court challenge to a $1 million fine issued by eSafety, a move welcomed by the online regulator on Thursday.