eSafety Staff Faced Threats After Attempting to Remove Stabbing Videos Off X

eSafety has sought assistance from NSW and federal police to deal with the online threats.
eSafety Staff Faced Threats After Attempting to Remove Stabbing Videos Off X
A photo illustration of X (Twitter) logo in London, England, on July 24, 2023. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Alfred Bui
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Australia’s internet watchdog has been subject to threats and online abuse after it ordered footage of a Christian church stabbing to be removed from X, court documents revealed.

On April 15, a teenager dressed in black was seen on a live-streamed church service, walking up to Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, before striking him several times across the head and torso with a knife.

Alfred Bui
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