Tech mogul Elon Musk has likened the Australian government to "fascists", attacking proposed laws that would fine social media giants for failing to stem the spread of misinformation. Australia ...

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 (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 ...

It is the second time that Mr Musk has criticised efforts in Australia to police the internet. In April, he slammed the independent eSafety Commission’s efforts in the Federal Court to halt ...

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 ...

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 ...

X eventually geofenced it so it wasn’t available in Australia, while Musk hit out at Grant as “censorship commissar,” leading to a raft of online abuse. “I still receive death threats ...

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 Farage ...