Australian Associated Press and Josh Taylor; Elon Musk calls Australian government ‘fascists’ over move to regulate online misinformation
"Elon Musk has called the Australian government “fascists” over new legislation aimed at tackling deliberate lies spread on social media.
Social media companies could be fined up to 5% of their annual turnover under the commonwealth’s proposed laws.
Musk, the US billionaire who owns the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, responded to a post about Australia’s measures with one word.
“Fascists,” he wrote.
But the federal minister Bill Shorten said Musk was inconsistent on free speech.
“When it’s in his commercial interests, he is the champion of free speech; when he doesn’t like it, he’s going to shut it all down,” he said on Channel Nine’s breakfast show on Friday."
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