Entering a 2nd Pandemic—of Misinformation

Commentary The Commonwealth eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant (JIG), has banned X and Facebook from allowing certain “violent” videos to be shown on their platforms, and the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has now linked this to the need to stop “misinformation.” What has JIG, also known on X as “eKaren,” banned? Footage from the knife attacks at Sydney’s Bondi Junction and in Wakely at the Assyrian Christian church of Christ the Good Shepherd. I’ve seen these videos and I don’t know what she is on about. Sure, at least in the case of the church, they captured an act of terrorism, but it was pretty blurry and indistinct....