Australia News

Court Refuses Request to Extend Global Order for X to Take Down Stabbing Video

Elon Musk’s X was subject to a court order to remove all videos of a stabbing incident from its platform globally.
Court Refuses Request to Extend Global Order for X to Take Down Stabbing Video
The X logo on a smartphone screen in Los Angeles, Calif., on July 31, 2023. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images
Monica O’Shea
|Updated:
0:00

The Australian Federal Court has refused to extend a temporary order on X to censor videos of a Sydney terrorist stabbing globally.

Federal Court Justice Geoffrey Kennett denied a request (pdf) from the eSafety commissioner to extend a global takedown injunction, which was due to expire at 5 p.m. on May 13.
Monica O’Shea
Monica O’Shea
Author
Monica O’Shea is a reporter based in Australia. She previously worked as a reporter for Motley Fool Australia, Daily Mail Australia, and Fairfax Regional Media. She can be reached at monica.o'[email protected]