Senator Uses Sydney Church Stabbing Footage to Justify Regulation of Online Content: Live Updates
The Australian prime minister and Elon Musk are currently at loggerheads over a global takedown notice of images a stabbing at a Sydney church.
Published
Apr 22, 2024
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Updated
Apr 22, 2024
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Australian authorities have got into another legal battle with American billionaire Elon Musk X after eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant ordered the platform to take down footage of a Sydney church stabbing on April 15.
X said it had removed the content for Australian users but refused to comply with the commissioner’s notice to block the content globally, saying the commissioner had no authority.
Here are the latest developments.
Nationals Senator Matt Canavan has accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of using the “terrible” church stabbing incident in Western Sydney to increase government control over online content.
Mr. Canavan also criticized Mr. Albanese for being selective in his calling for the removal of the stabbing footage, saying “there’s much more graphic videos available on social media and mainstream media websites which are not taken down.”
Speaking to Sky News Australia on Tuesday, April 23, the Nationals Senator asked, “Who gets to decide what division is good and what division is bad?”
U.S. billionaire Elon Musk has responded to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after he criticized X (formally Twitter) for refusing to comply with an order from the country’s online regulator to remove content.
The battle between the X owner and the Australian government has continued after the Federal Court of Australia issued a two-day injunction forcing the Big Tech company to block all users around the world from viewing footage of an alleged terror attack in a Sydney church.
On April 23, Mr. Musk posted a cartoon showing a person standing at a three-way junction on his account.
