eSafety Staff Faced Threats After Attempting to Remove Stabbing Videos Off X

Australia’s internet watchdog has been subject to threats and online abuse after it ordered footage of a Christian church stabbing to be removed from X, court documents revealed. On April 15, a teenager dressed in black was seen on a live-streamed church service, walking up to Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, before striking him several times across the head and torso with a knife. In response, the eSafety office sent notices to social media companies requesting them to take down the video, saying the content was “gratuitous or offensive violence with a high degree of impact or detail.” While some companies, including Meta, agreed to remove the videos, X was reticent to comply with the notice in full....