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FED:Elon Musk's X hits out at landmark online safety laws

Social media giant X claims the eSafety Commissioner is trying to "have her cake and eat it too" with a suite of online safety regulations it believes do not apply to its site.

Elon Musk's X Corp is taking legal action against the office of Julie Inman Grant in the Federal Court, claiming on Thursday that sweeping changes to how the platform was regulated were made without proper warning.

The company's barrister told the court that X had previously been subjected to a social media services code that was replaced without consultation by a more onerous standard that applies to all electronic services.

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