
Court Rejects Global Order for X to Take Down Sydney Stabbing Video
Published on May 13, 2024
The Australian Federal Court has refused to extend a temporary order on X to censor videos of a Sydney terrorist stabbing globally. Federal Court Justice Geoffrey Kennett denied a request (pdf) from the eSafety commissioner to extend a global takedown injunction, which was due to expire at 5 p.m. on May 13. “In this matter which I heard on Friday, the orders of the court will be that the application to extend the interlocutory injunction granted on the 22nd of April 2024, as extended on the 24th of April, is refused, and that the cost of the application are reserved,” Justice Kennett said in a brief court hearing....
