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Lucinda Garbutt-Young

Hate speech 'technically' easy to combat but X refuses

Platforms such as X have a financial incentive to permit graphic content, an inquiry has been told. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

A social media behemoth has refused to safeguard children from dangerous content on its platform, despite another tech giant conceding hate speech is technologically easy to deal with.

Elon Musk's X Corp was asked in a survey what sort of "harmful experiences or content" digital platforms should stop Australian children from seeing.

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