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Alex Mitchell

Elon Musk loses anti-Muslim fight in Queensland hearing

Elon Musk has suffered another legal defeat in Australia after his social media company X argued it should not be subject to local anti-discrimination laws.

The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal ruled X - formerly known as Twitter - has to answer to the state's laws despite being based in America.

The Australian Muslim rights group behind the complaint is hailing the ruling as "precedent-setting", saying it ensures social media companies must be held accountable for locally-accessible content that breaches hate speech laws.

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