Elon Musk’s social media platform X won a legal battle in Australia on Monday after a court refused to extend a temporary order that blocked videos of a Sydney church stabbing.
According to local media, a federal court judge rejected a request from Australia’s online watchdog, eSafety Commissioner, to extend an injunction removing posts showing the stabbing attack against a priest that took place last month.
ABC News Australia reports:
The Federal Court has chosen not to extend a temporary order for social media company X, formerly Twitter, to hide videos of a Sydney terrorist stabbing globally.
The eSafety Commissioner has been trying to force the platform to take down about 60 instances of the footage, showing an attack on Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel in Wakeley in Western Sydney, in April. Under the Online Safety Act, passed in 2021, the Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, has the…
