Video Takedown Fight With Musk’s X Lands in Court

Published on April 22, 2024

An Australian court has ordered billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform to block every user from seeing violent footage related to a Sydney church stabbing, not just block it for Australian audiences. Amid political unity against X Corp’s defiant stance to keep potentially harmful content online, the nation’s internet cop launched the matter in the Federal Court on Monday evening, April 22. During a hastily arranged hearing, a barrister for the eSafety Commissioner said the “graphic and violent” video remained online on X, formerly known as Twitter. It would cause “irreparable harm” if it continued to circulate, lawyer Christopher Tran said....