That functionality made social media services more susceptible to the sharing of harmful content, the eSafety office said. However, X argued it was transferred to the stricter code that applies to all electronic services without consultation. Federal Court Justice Elizabeth Raper on Wednesday agreed with the social media platform. Trying to rescind the social media code under that criteria is unreasonable, X's barrister Perry Herzfeld SC had argued. "It would be rather perverse for a social media service ... not to enable messaging or chat between end users," he said.