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

Published on April 20, 2024

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. On the following day, eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant told reporters she had asked X and Meta to remove videos that depicted “gratuitous violent” content within 24 hours. “While the majority of mainstream social media platforms have engaged with us, I am not satisfied enough is being done to protect Australians from this most extreme and gratuitous violent material circulating online,” Ms. Grant said....

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