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Australian PM calls X’s fight against removal of church stabbing posts ‘extraordinary’

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese criticized social media platform X for resisting an order to remove footage of a stabbing during a church service, owned by Elon Musk.
X, founded by Elon Musk to replace Twitter, contested Australian requests to take down content related to a knife attack on a bishop in western Sydney.
Albanese expressed concern over the dissemination of violent content on social media platforms exacerbating the impact of recent attacks in Sydney, questioning X's decision to challenge removal orders.

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Australia PM calls Musk ‘arrogant billionaire’ after court orders X to hide church stabbing posts

SYDNEY, April 23 — An Australian court has ordered X to hide some posts commenting on the stabbing of a bishop in Sydney, deepening a war of words between the social media platform’s owner Elon Musk and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Australia’s federal court late yesterday granted the country’s cyber regulator, the eSafety commissioner, a two-day injunction requiring the social media platform to hide some posts on a knife attack la…

11 months ago·Selangor, Malaysia

Court Tells X to Hide Church Stabbing Videos From Global Users

Billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X has been ordered to block all users from violent footage related to an alleged terror attack in a Sydney church. Mr. Musk and his company had raised free speech and jurisdictional concerns over orders from Australia’s internet cop to remove footage about the April 15 incident. The “graphic and violent” footage was instead geo-blocked to Australian audiences, the eSafety Commissioner complained to t…

11 months ago·New York, United States

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7NEWS Australia

Australian court orders X to hide Sydney church stabbing videos

The eSafety Commissioner argues the violent vision would cause ‘irreparable harm’ if it continued to circulate.

11 months ago·Australia

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SBS News

Court orders Elon Musk's X to block Sydney church stabbing footage

Australia's online safety watchdog said the social media platform should shield the "graphic" video from all users, not just Australians, saying it would cause "irreparable harm" if it continued to circulate, leading a court to order a far wider block.

11 months ago·Sydney, Australia

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The Guardian

Australian court orders Elon Musk’s X to hide Sydney church stabbing posts from users globally

Judge makes interim order after eSafety commissioner orders social media outlet to remove footage of Wakeley stabbing

11 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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KRDO

Australian leader criticizes X for failing to remove church violence content

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has criticized social media platform X for refusing to remove graphic posts about a knife attack on a bishop and priest in a Sydney church last week. X Corp. announced last week it would fight in court an Australian regulator’s orders to take down posts relating to a knife attack in a church as a service was being streamed online. Albanese said…

11 months ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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