An Australian Cabinet minister has rejected X Corp. owner Elon Musk’s allegation that the government intends to control all Australians' access to the internet through legislation that would ban young children from social media.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk, the owner of social media platform X, criticized proposed legislation in Australia that aims to ban social media for children under 16.

An Australian Cabinet minister rejected X Corp owner Elon Musk’s claim that the government intended to control access to the Internet after they introduced legislation to ban young children from social media.

Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), has strongly criticised Australia's proposed legislation aimed at banning social media access for children under 16.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk criticized Australia’s proposed legislation to ban social media access for children under 16, calling it “a backdoor way to control access to the Internet by all Australians.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has challenged billionaire Elon Musk on his criticism of the government’s plans to block children under 16 from using social media, saying it is not Australia’s job to please the X owner.

U.S. billionaire Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, has criticised Australia's proposed law to ban social media for children under 16 and fine social media platforms of up to A$49.5 million ($32 million) for companies for systemic breaches.

Elon Musk has blasted proposed legislation from Australia's government that would outlaw access to social media for children under 16.

Liberal MP Andrew Wallace has discussed tech billionaire Elon Musk’s criticism towards the Albanese government over its new social media age limit bill.