The statistics relate mostly to the period between Mr Musk’s takeover in October 2022 and May 31, 2023, though some date further back to January 2022. The commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, said that X’s actions were akin to a car company sacking many of its safety engineers, then removing traffic police and paramedics, and allowing thousands of dangerous drivers onto the road. “It’s a perfect storm,” Ms Inman Grant said. Law firm Thomson Geer, which is representing X Corp in Australia, was contacted for comment. The company no longer has local communication staff. The chief executive of X, Linda Yaccarino,...