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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

Australian judge rules that social media platform X must answer to hate speech complaint

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An Australian judge has ruled that the social media platform X is subject to a state’s anti-discrimination law even though it does not have an office in Australia.

Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Judge Ann Fitzgerald said in a decision made public Friday that her court has jurisdiction over X Corp. in a hate speech complaint.

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