Australia's eSafety chief: X monetises gore and fringe content, resists takedowns

Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant told a royal commission on antisemitism that mainstream platforms, especially X, are actively fighting to distribute and monetise "gore" and "fringe" content. She said her office must battle X's billionaire owner Elon Musk to restrict footage including video posted from the Bondi terror attack. Grant's testimony highlights the difficulty regulators face in enforcing content restrictions against resistant platform owners.

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