Musk’s X to Sue Aussie Regulator Over Global Order to Remove Content

Australian authorities have taken a hardline against content uploaded online in the wake of 2 major stabbing incidents.
Musk’s X to Sue Aussie Regulator Over Global Order to Remove Content
SpaceX, X (formerly known as Twitter), and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during live interview with Ben Shapiro at the symposium on fighting antisemitism in Krakow, Poland on Jan. 22, 2024. Omar Marques/Getty Images
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Elon Musk’s X and Australia’s eSafety commissioner have locked horns for the second time over demands to take down footage of a Sydney church stabbing.

Australian authorities are looking to tighten their grip over what they called “misinformation” on social media, after video of a teenager’s alleged stabbing attack against an Orthodox Christian bishop during a live-streamed service, emerged on X (formally Twitter) on April 14.

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