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Australian authorities have locked horns with Elon Musk over a demand to remove content globally from the X platform.

The Disinformation Governance Board was disbanded in 2022 after public concern over its ‘potential for censorship.’

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation director general Mike Burgess and Australian Federal Police Commissioner also raised concerns about social media.

‘Nothing can justify the Australian government censoring the entire global Internet of content it does not like.’

Australian authorities have targeted Musk for not complying with an order to remove content across its platform globally related to a terror incident.

Australian authorities are pushing X to remove content globally related to a terrorist incident in Sydney.

Australian authorities are pushing Musk to remove content from its platform from all global users.

Australian authorities have targeted Musk for not complying with an order to remove content across its platform globally.

‘We are noticing a dramatic increase in global censorship,’ Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski said.

With fines and take-down notices piling up, and the social media giant vowing to test their validity in court, X says free speech trumps all.

Following the Novak Djokovic vaccine saga, Australian authorities find themselves once again head-to-head with the global ‘freedom’ movement.

Australian authorities have taken a hardline against content uploaded online in the wake of 2 major stabbing incidents.

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The order came as U.S. Congress may soon pass a measure to force TikTok’s divestment from China.

This follows Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant weighing up approaching Google to “minimise the amount of content the Australians can see.”

Big Tech appears to be dusting off the same censorship tactics it used to influence the outcome of the 2020 presidential election cycle, an expert said.

The budget for Australia’s online content regulator has been quadrupled since last year.

The authority encouraged Australians to report harmful content online to eSafety.

‘It’s a scourge in many ways, social media,’ Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.